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Robert James Waller

    1 de agosto de 1939 – 10 de marzo de 2017

    Robert James Waller fue un autor estadounidense cuyas obras a menudo exploraron temas de amor, pérdida y soledad, presentados en una prosa lírica y evocadora. Sus narrativas se caracterizan por un profundo sentido del lugar y la atmósfera, frecuentemente ambientadas en pintorescos entornos rurales o aislados. El estilo de Waller es conocido por su resonancia emocional y su capacidad para capturar profundos sentimientos humanos, ofreciendo a los lectores experiencias conmovedoras e inolvidables. A través de su dicción cuidadosamente elegida y su estructura rítmica, creó historias que resuenan con deseos y experiencias universales.

    Robert James Waller
    Becoming Evil
    A Troubled Sleep
    Sert vírajda agir vals
    Vals lento en Cedar Bend
    Puerto Vallarta
    Los Puentes de Madison County
    • Los Puentes de Madison County

      • 181 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

      Mientras se dirige hacia una granja desconocida para preguntar una dirección, Robert Kincaid no puede sospechar que al final del camino arbolado le espera una experiencia única, irrepetible, que marcará su vida para siempre. Acostumbrado a la vida trashumante de fotógrafo profesional, Robert, a sus cincuenta y dos años, es un hombre que sólo se encuentra a gusto viajando por los lugares más exóticos del planeta. En esta ocasión, sin embargo, su trabajo le lleva a Madison County, un bucólico y apartado rincón de Iowa donde Francesca, dueña de la granja, vive una plácida madurez, añorando la Italia que dejó hace años para casarse con un soldado americano. La fuerte atracción que surge entre Robert y Francesca despierta en ellos ese tipo de emociones que se creen olvidadas, pero que habitan en cada uno de nosotros.

      Los Puentes de Madison County
      3,7
    • Puerto Vallarta

      • 253 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      La historia de Clayton Price, un mercenario-francotirador retirado del ejército y de una pareja a la cual involucra en unos asesinatos y cómo deben de unir sus fuerzas los tres para poder huir de la justicia. “En serio, Luz era buena de verdad: tenía un corazón de oro y todo lo que hay que tener. Joder, si no era más que una simple campesina, una muchachita que trataba de procurarse lo mejor que ofrece la vida. Había que verla: la mayoría de veces se ponía tan guapa que cortaba la respiración, sobre todo si se adornaba con una flor en el pelo y se pintaba los labios con carmín de color rosa...” Fragmento extraído de la obra.

      Puerto Vallarta
      3,4
    • Vals lento en Cedar Bend

      • 191 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

      Michael Tillman era una persona atípica. Brillante miembro del mundo académico y, a la vez, opuesto a todo convencionalismo que coartara su libertad, fue el hombre que hizo renacer en Jellie Braden sus ansias de amar y de disfrutar cada momento de su vida. Pero Jellie tampoco era una mujer corriente. Algo en su actitud dejaba traslucir un enigma que había tendido una barrera entre ambos y que Michael se decidió a resolver sabiendo que de ello dependía lo que más le había importado en toda su vida: el amor de esa mujer. Aunque para conseguirlo tuviera que recorrer medio mundo.

      Vals lento en Cedar Bend
      3,1
    • Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, comparative research, and over 110 hours of face-to-face interviews with a diverse range of political, academic, civil society, and community actors across Northern Ireland, Waller revisits one of the world's most deeply divided societies to analyze Northern Ireland's current vulnerabilities, and points of resilience, as an allegedly "post-conflict" society

      A Troubled Sleep
      4,9
    • Becoming Evil

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. This book offers a comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity.

      Becoming Evil
      4,1
    • A Thousand Country Roads

      • 192 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

      Sixteen years after Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson have agreed that their swift, passionate and deep love affair must end, they are still thinking of each other. Robert has never married, but continued his nomadic life as a photographer. He feels it is time to re-visit Roseman Bridge just to lay to rest his lingering love - not to SEE her as he doesn't wish to disturb the life she chose when she decided to stay with her husband and children. Francesca's husband has recently died and the children long left home. She takes her daily walk to Roseman and sees the back of a Landrover leaving - her heart stops for a second as she FEELS it was Robert. But he's gone. Meanwhile, teenager Carlisle feels it is time he looked for his biological father. His mother has never made a secret of the fact he was the result of a one-night stand. From the few details he has he tracks down Robert and introduces himself. Startled, but quite happy to have been a father, they have a few days to get to know each other - before Robert dies of a heart attack. Francesca receives a letter informing her of his death...

      A Thousand Country Roads
      4,1
    • From Robert James Waller comes a wonderful collection of 19 essays--all of them as romantic, reflective, and timeless as readers have come to expect from the author of The Bridges of Madison County--a celebration of life and loss, of what things still can be.

      Old Songs in a New Café
      3,8
    • A young drifter with a passion for solitude and carpentry, Carlisle McMillan purchases some land near Wolf Butte, South Dakota, a region considered sacred by the Sioux, and sets out to build a life for himself among the locals

      High plains tango
      3,7
    • The Long Night of Winchell Dear

      • 160 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      Set against the backdrop of a high desert night, an old-time gambler awaits an ominous fate in his remote ranch house. Winchell Dear, reflecting on his past with Lucinda Miller, prepares for an uncertain confrontation, armed and restless. The atmosphere is thick with tension as he listens to the sounds of the night, while outside, the unpredictable Luther stalks through the landscape. Themes of chance, memory, and impending danger intertwine in this evocative tale of solitude and anticipation.

      The Long Night of Winchell Dear
      3,5
    • The Bridges of Madison County: A Thousand Country Roads

      An Epilogue to the Bridges of Madison County - A Novel

      • 208 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      AT LAST, THE REST OF THE STORY After many years and twelve million copies, Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County remains one of the great love stories of all time. The tale of Robert Kincaid, photographer and free spirit, and Francesca Johnson, a convential farmer's wife, gave voice to the longings of men and women everywhere--to know what it is to be loved so intensely that life is never the same again. A THOUSAND COUNTRY ROADS At last, in this poignant new book, Robert James Waller tells the remainder of Robert and Francesca's story. Kincaid, left with only memories, will once again take to the road on a journey of discovery. On the expedition he calls Last Time, Kincaid heads back to Roseman Bridge in Madison County, Iowa, then on to an encounter with the distant past, and a surprise no one could have imagined...

      The Bridges of Madison County: A Thousand Country Roads
      3,3
    • Border Music

      • 290 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Texas Jack Carmine is a free soul, a rider of roads, and a man with secrets that stretch back to Vietnam and hungers that keep him from settling down. Linda Lobo is ready to ride with him, but they're not just headed back to his Texas ranch. They're headed for a passion that only happens once--and breaks your heart when it ends.

      Border Music
      3,4
    • La lunga notte

      • 179 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

      È sera e Winchell Bear, giocatore di poker professionista, si trova nel suo ranch conquistato anni addietro con una partita a carte. Nello stesso istante, poco lontano, l'indiano comanche Peter Long Grass avvista un uomo che furtivamente si dirige verso il ranch dell'amico e decide di seguirlo per capirne le intenzioni. Il suo pensiero va immediatamente all'amata Sonia, la governante di Winchell divenuta sua segreta amante, che vive in un cottage nella proprietà del ranch e nell'oscurità della notte fa da tramite per un traffico di contrabbando con il Messico, nella speranza di guadagnare i soldi necessari per rivedere il figlio abbandonato alla nascita. È proprio l'amore che nuitre nei suoi confronti a dare a Peter la forza necessaria a proteggerla da quello che di lì a poco accadrà.

      La lunga notte
      2,0
    • Die Weite des Mittleren Westens, ein windiges Nest weit ab von der Welt, ein junger Kalifornier auf der Suche nach dem Glück, eine junge Frau, die mitten in der Prärie Tango tanzt, und die alten Legenden der Indianer - aus diesen Zutaten hat Robert James Waller, der Autor von „Die Brücken am Fluss“, eines neues Meisterwerk gemixt: einen schaurig schönen melancholischen Roman über die vergebliche Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies.

      Ein Haus in der Prärie
    • Vlucht uit Puerto Vallarta

      • 310 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Een Amerikaanse schrijver en zijn knappe Mexicaanse vriendin moeten een sluipschutter per auto over de Mexicaanse grens brengen.

      Vlucht uit Puerto Vallarta
    • Álomdalok

      • 222 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura
      Álomdalok