clandestin desesperada contemporary

books:

Cien anos de soledad (Contemporanea)

6 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

DeBolsillo, 2003

One of the best books you'll ever read
I've had this book in my collection for the last 5 years. I tried to pick it up when I was 20 but I'm glad I waited. A couple of nights ago I couldn't sleep and went to my study to pick it up. I haven't slept since. Cien años de soledad is a literary triumph. It tells us the story of the Buendías, the founders of Macondo, a small village somewhere in South America (my guess being Colombia, of ...

Tan Veloz Como El Deseo

6 reviews
Laura Esquivel

Debolsillo, 2004

One of the best... de lo mejor
Very few times in life do we get the opportunity to read what we are feeling, and what we truly think and can't express about the people we love. In this book, Laura Esquivel does just that. She weaves the fabric of love, our most intimate thoughts, desire, passion, true friendship, anger, and betrayal, through the life of Jubilo Chi, a telegraphist... a normal everyday man ... a person like ...

Vivir Para Contarla

33 reviews
G. Garcia Marquez

Debolsillo, 2004

Una magnífica crónica de los años que modelaron la imaginación de Garcia Marquez
"Living to Tell the Tale," ("Vivir Para Contarla"), is the first book in a planned trilogy that will make up the memoirs of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the renown Colombian writer who initially won public acclaim in the mid-1960s for his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude." At that time, Garcia Marquez, a journalist and writer, had never sold more than 700 copies of a book. While driving his family ...

Cuentos de Eva Luna (Contemporanea)

16 reviews
Isabel Allende

Debolsillo, 2004

She Writes With Magic Ink
What a collection of characters! An illiterate woman who sells words. A man obsessed with a little girl. A woman whose marriage was based on letters written by the wrong man. A woman who spends her life waiting for revenge. A rich man who keeps a girl prisoner. Rascals trying to break into society. A lonely dictator. Invisible Indians. Every character is flawed in some terrible way, and yet, ...

GUERRA Y PAZ (Clasicos)

31 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Debolsillo, 2005

Una obra incomparable.
Sin duda es una de las mejores novelas que jamás se han escrito. En ella se puede encontrar un relato sobre las guerras napoleónicas y la participación de Rusia en ellas, pero también un retrato de la vida de la alta sociedad rusa de la época. Estas situaciones tan diversas están narradas con una gran viveza. Aprovechando el trasfondo histórico de la novela, Tolstoi nos proporciona también sus ...

La Peste/ the Plague (Contemporanea / Contemporary)

5 reviews
Albert Camus

Debolsillo, 2006

THE NOVEL "POR EXCELENCIA" FROM CAMUS
Having submitted this review in spanish and not having it posted, I'll try again in english....... Camus reached fame with his elaborations about the concept of the absurd (the purposeless search of the meaning of existence in a universe void of any)in three works: The Stranger, a novel; Caligula, a teathrical opus; and The Myth of Sisyphus, a recopilation of philosophical essays. In his second ...

Ultimo Caton, El

5 reviews
Matilde Asensi

Debolsillo, 2004

A great book
It's the kind of book that can takes you from laugh to tears in one page, it's an amazing book, very well elaborated, rich in history and amazing facts. Don't miss it!!

Retrato En Sepia (Contemporanea)

16 reviews
Isabel Allende

Debolsillo, 2004

Una magistral obra de la literatura Latinoamericana
Esta es la primera novela que leo de la escritora Isabel Allende, me parecio una obra genial, la manera y el estilo de Allende son tan originales que me dejan sin aliento y sin nada mas que agregar,lo unico que se puede decir es que la lean.

Veinte Poemas de Amor y Una Cancion Desesperada: Cien Sonetos de Amor (Debolsillo)

6 reviews
Pablo Neruda

Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A., 2001

la palabra de amor
Con versos fáciles de recordar, Neruda escribe en su juventud, este fundamental libro de poesía que cambiaría los ritmos y la forma de enamorar a generaciones de jóvenes, que aún copian sus versos para expresar sus sentimientos. Es una lectura indispensable que recomiendo a los que deseen acercarse a la mejor poesía de amor en español.

Pigtopia (Debolsillo)

8 reviews
Kitty Fitzgerald, 2007

Pigtopia
I was so surprised at the good reading provided by this book. I saw it on the "new author" shelf, and I am fond of pigs - the only reason. The dialect of the main character was so much fun to decipher, and having it appear only every other chapter, made it fun to read. There was some very important and valuable philosphy spoken by Jack.

Sinuhe, El Egipcio

4 reviews
Mika Waltari

Debolsillo, 2001

Time and destiny
Sinhue is just like you and me, growing up in a fast changing world and facing challenging obstacles. Living day to day with certainties and confusions that plague all human beings evolving in a life that resembles our own in so many ways... The scenery to this story is the middle empire in Egipt, the Pharaho, Amenothep IV reigns under the name of Akenaton and Amon-Ra has fallen to the Sun disk, ...

Ojos de Fuego

3 reviews
Stephen King

Debolsillo, 2001

Lleno de accion
Este libro de Stephen King es el mejor de los que he leído. Relata la historia de Charly una niña de ocho años y su padre, los cuales tienen poderes sobrenaturales a consecuencia de un experimento del gobierno los cuales los persiguen para terminar con ellos. Este es un libro donde hay accion de principio a fin.

El Fin De La Eternidad/ The End of Eternity (Best Seller)

4 reviews
Isaac Asimov

Debolsillo, 2005

Un libro de ficción para recordar
Este es uno de los libros de ficción que más ha perdurado en mi memoria, recomendado para volver a leer despues de unos años. It's one of the best fiction book I have ever read, it's recommended to read more than once.

Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada. Cien sonetos de amor. (Debolsillo)

4 reviews
Pablo Neruda

Plaza y Janes, 2002

A must read.
This is one of the first books of poetry that Neruda published back before the middle of the 20th century. It is an excellent and very recognized book - of poetry. I think the most important thing of Neruda is that he celebrated the goodness of poetry and good art. In that it is a way of enjoying life, and not gettting caught in the vanity or less popular ways of living or acting towards ...

LO QUE VI (Ensayo)

4 reviews
Jorge Ramos

Debolsillo, 2004

wonderful!
Purchased this book and started reading and could not put it down. Very good and coloquial narrative style. Also read Bajo la Mascara from same author, but this is far better,Highly recommend this book. Congratulations to the author, waiting for the next one. Iris Sanchez

Rimas/ Rhymes (Clasicos / Classics)

3 reviews
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

Debolsillo, 2002

Maravilloso.
Sencillamente es uno de los mejores (y para mí el mejor) libro de poesía que se ha escrito en español. Es maravilloso.

Rescate en el tiempo (1999 - 1357)

4 reviews
Michael Crichton

Debolsillo, 2006

DAZZLING...HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE...STUNNING WORK OF FICTION...
This is the Spanish text edition of an absolute page turner of a book. It opens with one of the most absorbing first chapters I have ever read. An elderly man is found wandering in the desert, speaking in rhyme. There is something not quite right about him. The hospital to which he is taken discovers that the anomalies do not end with just his speech. Something is very wrong with him. Highly ...

Boquitas Pintadas / Little Painted Lips

3 reviews
Manuel Puig

Debolsillo, 2005

Manuel Puig's Unrecognized Masterpiece
The tale of "Heartbreak Tango" is a captivating web spun out of the spider-threads of the inhabitants' lives in a small Argentinian town. Touching, humerous, and filled with the sadness of human emotional attachments, Puig has created a magnificent look into the life of a veritable "Don Juan." An extremely good read!

El Monje Que Vendio Su Ferrari

4 reviews
Robin S. Sharma

Debolsillo, 2005

La felicidad esta en tu mente
Este libro es asombroso, te ayuda a encontrar todos los pensamientos, aptitudes positivos que existen dentro de ti. Es una narración de una persona que encuentra la felicidad despues de estar cerca de la muerte debido a un ataque al corazón, Para hacer buen uso de este libro no lo debes de leer solamente, sino que debes de realizar cada uno de los ejercicios que se te van enumerando, te sentiras ...

Aventura De Miguel Littin, Clandestin

4 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Debolsillo, 2003

Marquez vividly captures the anguish of political exile.
The book chronicles the experiences of a Chilean political exile who returns to film a clandestine documentary during the years of the Pinochet regime. Marquez masterfully captures the essence of Santiago during the dictatorship, and manages to depict the complex and difficult emotions political exiles experience when faced with the return to a homeland that has changed. Beautifully written.

search for books
clandestin, contemporanea, contemporary, debolsillo, desesperada

Impressum / about us