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Hace 3 días · 1. The diaspora of André Aciman’s Sephardic Jewish family was not atypical: Escaping Spain in the 16th century, they landed in Italy, moved on to Constantinople, then finally, in 1905, to Egypt ...
Hace 2 días · Listen. (1 min) Novelist Kristin Hannah was an associate at a Seattle law firm and on bed rest during a difficult pregnancy when she decided to try her hand at writing a novel. Until then, she had ...
Hace 1 día · Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (/ ˈ b ɔːr h ɛ s / BOR-hess, Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes] ⓘ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl.
Hace 2 días · Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ⓘ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885), sometimes nicknamed the Ocean Man, was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
Hace 3 días · None of This is True was named the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year at the 2024 British Book Awards and, given its intricate plot, creeping tension and realistic characters, we can see why. Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena. Stanhope is a quiet suburb until 9-year-old Avery goes missing.
Hace 4 días · In combining form and function, a great book cover must: Visually stand out in a crowded bookstore – or as an online thumbnail; Legibly state the title and the author’s name (you’d be surprised by how many covers fall at this hurdle); Communicate the book’s tone and genre. This third point is crucial to commercial success.
Hace 4 días · Date accessed: 26 May, 2024. Gorrochategui’s book is a revised and updated translation of the Spanish edition (Spanish Ministry of Defence, 2011). It sheds new light on an obscure, but fundamental, episode of the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) that took place a year after the Spanish Armada.
