Silvia Piraccini Libros

An innovative and richly imaginative new novel from the internationally acclaimed Carolyn Jess-Cooke, for anyone who loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Room.

TRES NIÑOS DOS MUNDOS UNA PROFECÍA KATE es la mayor y más responsable. A sus catorce años es la única que recuerda a sus padres, especialmente las últimas palabras de su madre pidiéndole que cuidará de sus hermanos. MICHAEL es el empollón y despistado de la familia. Ha perdido más veces las gafas de las que pueda imaginar, aunque a veces el problema es que ni se acuerda de que las lleva puestas. Libro que encuentra, libro que devora, especialmente si habla de sus queridos elfos. EMMA, con solo once años, es pura dinamita. Decidida y directa, dice siempre lo que piensa, sin importarle las consecuencias. Suya es la frase: «Si quieres que te respeten, pelea». Juntos descubrirán que: La magia existe (Michael ya lo sabía). Hay libros muy, pero que muy peligrosos. Les guste o no les guste, deben salvar al mundo.

Owen Mackenzie's life story abounds with sin and seduction, domesticity and debauchery. After growing up in the small town of Willow, Owen marries the elegant and remote Phyllis, his college girlfriend. But this soon leads to his first betrayal and he abandons his reserve, embarking on a series of affairs and sexual encounters in New England and as far as Las Vegas. Nevada. This is in America during the revolutionary sixties and seventies, and Owen's profession as a computer programmer does not shelter him from the era's reckless appetites. Owen's pursuit of happiness, in a succession of small towns from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, brings him to the edge of chaos, from which he is saved by a rescue that carries its own fatal price.

A funny and frank story about a mother and hercolorful son. It's bad enough for a mother to discover that her son is a porn star, even worse when the nosy neighbors know first. When Lynn sees her son Mark in an adult film she is forced to ask many difficult questions. How well does she know her son? Where did he get his obvious talent? And how will she tell his father? There are some things a mother should never know...

A sparkling debut novel about an unlikely romance between an Iranian immigrant and an American college student.Isolated and far from his native Iran, Ushman Khan has worked hard to build a wealthy, reliable clientele for his wares: exquisite hand-woven rugs from his home city of Tabriz.With perfect rectitude, he caters to clients like New York’s Upper East Side grand dame Mrs. Roberts, who plies him for stories about his exotic origins and culture to feed her own imagination. But like many immigrants, he’s living only half a life. He dreams of the day his beloved wife, Farak, will be able to join him in New York and complete his vision of the American dream. But when she tells him that she is leaving him for another man, Ushman is shattered. He begins to wander aimlessly through the terminals of JFK Airport, imagining a now-impossible reunion with Farak. Unexpectedly, he meets Stella, a Barnard College student who has just bade farewell to her parents en route for an Italian vacation. After Stella, isolated in her own way, finds herself at Ushman’s Manhattan store, they embark on an improbable and powerful romance. Together this American girl from the Deep South and the Iranian aesthete form a tender bond that awakens them both to the possibility of joy in a world full of tragedy.

Con su plaza adoquinada y su antiquísima abadía, Pagford parece un típico pueblecito inglés, un lugar idílico en el que la vida transcurre con plácida tranquilidad. Sin embargo, sus habitantes están inmersos en una realidad muy diferente. Tras la conmoción causada por la súbita muerte de Barry Fairbrother, se desencadena una auténtica batalla en sordina por ocupar la vacante dejada por Barry en el concejo parroquial, donde se dirime el destino de una urbanización de dudosa legalidad. Y cuando la tensión hace aflorar una serie de conflictos latentes que involucran a todo el pueblo —hijos contra padres, pobres contra ricos, mujeres contra maridos, alumnos contra maestros—, la pasión, la hipocresía y, especialmente, los secretos que suelen anidar en una comunidad pequeña desempeñarán un papel decisivo en el futuro de Pagford.

Sam está a punto de cumplir los dieciséis años y su pasión es el skate. Vive en el norte de Londres con su madre, una joven divorciada que explica con más frecuencia de la que Sam quisiera que es sólo tres años mayor que David Beckam, y cuatro que Jennife

Sam vive a North London; sedici anni, gli ormoni impazziti e una passione grande, come tutti i suoi coetanei: lo skateboard. E l'Eroe, il suo Eroe, è Tony Hawk, il più grande skater del mondo. Lui lo adora, ha il suo poster in camera, gli parla, si confronta con lui. E a chi se non al proprio eroe si possono raccontare le paure, le ansie, i problemi? Forse a una mamma come quella di Sam, giovane, carina, comprensiva, che ha conquistato anche gli amici del figlio. Del resto lei è una mamma davvero particolare e molto vicina al figlio, visto che lo ha avuto a sedici anni. E proprio a quella stessa età Sam conosce Alicia, con la quale è amore a prima vista, passione totalizzante e simbiotica come può esserlo solo a quell'età. Ma poi purtroppo, proprio quando - come succede solo a quell'età - il rapporto si sta ormai sfilacciando, Alicia scopre di essere incinta. Terrorizzato dal dover annunciare ai rispettivi genitori la drammatica verità e distrutto dalla visione terribile di un futuro fatto di pannolini e incomprensioni matrimoniali - prospettatagli dal suo idolo che tra le altre mille qualità ha anche quella di farlo "viaggiare" nel futuro - , Sam sceglie la fuga ad Hastings. Ma la sua fuga avrà breve durata.