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1) The swimmers
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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From the award winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine, a tour de force of economy, precision, and emotional power about what happens to a group of obsessed recreational swimmers when a crack appears at the bottom of their local pool. The swimmers are unknown to each other except through their private routines (slow lane, fast lane), and the solace each takes in their morning or afternoon laps. But when a crack appears...
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Duomo ediciones es un sello de Antonio Vallardi Editore S.u.r.l
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
" Piscinas vacías es el primer libro de relatos de Laura Ferrero, una joven autora que irrumpe con fuerza en el panorama literario y que ha sido calificada como «autora revelación» por ABC. «Quiero contarte una historia de amor, la tuya. Aunque sabrás supongo, que no todas las historias de amor acaban bien .» Los protagonistas de estos relatos no son héroes ni viven situaciones de vida o muerte. Se parecen demasiado a nosotros mismos. Podrían...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Julie Otsuka’s commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination—both physical and emotional—of a generation of Japanese Americans. In five chapters, each flawlessly executed from a different point of view—the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train...
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