La leyenda de Leonora/ The Legend of Leonora

"Los psiconautas son personas con habilidades especiales que pueden viajar entre mundos a través de la mente, en un estado muy parecido al sueño". Eso le dice Bosco a Kai, un chico normal de nuestro mundo, la primera vez que secuestra su mente. Muy pronto, la línea que divide la realidad y los sueños se volverá confusa y Kai se dará cuenta que debe buscar en un pasado que quiere olvidar: el pasado de su padre, para no terminar como él lo hizo.

I was eight years old when my grandfather took me by the hand and did not let go until we found my parents in Athens. Who knows what might have happened if I had stayed in the village. It was 1946. Early spring 1946. The almond trees were blooming side by side and the countryside was in full bloom.' Thus begins the most autobiographical novel by Theodor Kallifatides and one of the most appreciated by its hundreds of thousands of readers. A week before Kallifatides fled the town, a group of fascists with guns in their hands had forced all the people to gather in the cemetery. There they stood, ...

La primera vez que vi a Casey Hendriks, sólo era un hipotético cliente para mí, un cliente guapo, instruido y guapo... guapo... Perdón, posiblemente leer esa palabra reiteradamente está molestándote, pero créeme, cuando lo ves es lo único que puedes pensar, porque Casey es el hombre más guapo con el que me he encontrado en la vida, y mirarlo anula el resto de sus cualidades y derrite las bragas de cualquier mujer. Pero... volvamos al principio, a cómo nos conocimos. Mi padre me arrojó a los leones porque me negué a ceder a su voluntad, y para que recapacitara me quitó su ayuda...

The tragedy unfolds when both of Alicias parents pass away in a horrible accident. However, Alicia survives and is later adopted by her godmother from the Church. Alicias godmother enrolls her in a dual-language program in New York. She does well academically, but struggles with deep emotional feelings of hurt and despair when Mothers Day is celebrated towards the end of every school year. She cries and refuses to participate in any Mothers Day activities. One summer evening, when she was on vacation with Miss Runfo, she falls asleep and dreams about being taken to a faraway place called La...