Socorro (pero me dicen Coco)

In this essay about the challenges, decisions, and conflicts that surround men in contemporary Mexico, Juana In�s Dehesa applies the analytical intelligence and humor that characterize her as an author. She explores why men want to be single (at least in her experience), why they don't call you, why they disappear after the third date, how the define love, and what their emotional aspirations are that govern their lives. This highly anticipated response to Treintona, soltera y fant�stica, gives a strong but loving dose of reality.

Eric was too good to be true. He was sexy, brilliant and rich. And he wanted her, Jess, a recent divorcee. This was too good to be true. Jess was convinced that Eric would eventually realize that he didn't want her and would leave her, just like her ex did. "Wait!" He called after her. "Jess!" She skidded to a stop and turned. "How do you know my name?" She stumbled back as he reached her. "I'm Jared," he said quickly. Her eyes went wide. "You said your name is Eric." What was going on? "It is but I use Jared online." He stepped closer. She backed up another step. "Jess, don't go." "How did...

Donde nunca pasaba nada, un dia paso todo. Mateo Evangelista Camara nos narra de manera onirica y fantastica una serie de acontecimientos que marcaron su vida y la dificil transicion de su pueblo a la modernidad. Puede ver mas informacion en http: //www.librosenred.com/libros/sinlugarenlatierra.html. [Este texto fue escrito sin tildes ni otros caracteres especiales para evitar errores con el navegador.]

¿Qué harías si alguien quiere convencerte de que eres la creación de un tercero? ¿Qué harías si quieren convencerte de que tu final ya está escrito y que tú mismo vas hacia él? Un detective llamado Philip Red, surgido desde las entrañas de las películas hollywoodenses, llega a un oscuro barrio de las zonas populares de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Mientras es el encargado de llevar entre las sombras la resolución de ciertos crímenes, y de enamorarse perdidamente de una joven, tendrá que lidiar contra la porfía de una persona que lo quiere convencer de ser el personaje de una...

Alexia Tarabotti enfrenta uma série de atribulações sociais, quiproquós e saias justas (embora compridíssimas) em plena sociedade vitoriana. Em primeiro lugar, ela não tem alma. Em segundo, é solteirona e filha de italiano. Em terceiro, acaba sendo atacada sem a menor educação por um vampiro, o que foge a todas as regras de etiqueta. E agora? Pelo visto, tudo vai de mal a pior, pois a srta. Tarabotti mata sem querer o vampiro ― ocasião em que a Rainha Vitória envia o assustador Lorde Maccon (temperamental, bagunceiro, lindo de morrer e lobisomem) para investigar o ocorrido. Com...