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Una obra anticipadora del dilema ecológico en la supervivencia. Publicado en 1945, Golfo de Penas reúne dieciocho relatos situados en la pampa patagónica, donde sus protagonistas -capitanes de barco, cetáceos, goletas, cazadores de focas, entre otros- se enfrentan a la soledad y la grandeza de tierras remotas, dejando al descubierto la esencia más primitiva del ser humano en su lucha por sobrevivir y, al mismo tiempo, desvelando una belleza primigenia, bondad y el amor por la naturaleza.

Jock (Wytches, Batman): Es un cabellero que escribe y dibuja Gone, la trepidante odisea de Abi, una joven atrapada y perseguida en una lujosa nave-ciudad. Al convertirse en una guerrera marcada por la batalla, líder de una rebelión, Abi debe enfrentarse a probabilidades desesperadas y horrores del espacio profundo, en un vertiginoso viaje que abarcará años luz y décadas de tiempo. A pesar de las dificultades, un sueño mantiene a Abi en pie: regresar al hogar y a la familia de la que fue arrancada hace una vida entera.

Grandes esperanzas, considerada como la mejor obra del gran novelista inglés Charles Dickens, contiene muchos elementos autobiográficos del autor, aderezados con su delicioso manejo de la ironía, el misterio, la sátira social y el retrato costumbrista. Conmovedora historia de uno de los grandes personajes de la literatura inglesa surgidos de la mente de uno de sus mejores creadores.

PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA EDICIÓN CONMEMORATIVA 20 AÑOS DE KAILAS EDITORIAL «Uno de los premios Nobel mejor concedidos y merecidos», J. M. Guelbenzu, El País

Two years after Zara's sister and her boyfriend were killed in a plane crash, the last person Zara expected to show up on her doorstep was Preston's father, Alistair Wilde. Yet, there he is, with an offer Zara may not be able to pass up: be his son's girlfriend for three months, live with the two of them in a remote house, and one million dollars is hers for the taking. The challenge turns out to be harder than she ever expected. Nash isn't just wild, he's dangerous. And Alistair is far more broken than he lets the world believe. The three of them are bound by grief. Only Zara can feed Nash's hunger and heal Alistair's pain. Lines are crossed. Rules are broken. On the island, there's no one to tell them this is wrong. And now she'll have to choose before she tears their family apart.

Teeming with tension, this immersive, rhapsodic story transports readers to the Swiss mountainside, bringing to mind the writing of Thomas Mann while offering character studies as vivid and bracing as Eudora Welty’s. Feed is running low in a rural village in Switzerland. The town council meets to decide whether or not to ascend a chimerical mountain in order to access the open pastures that have enough grass to “feed seventy animals all summer long.” The elders of the town protest, warning of the dangers and the dreadful lore that enfolds the mountain passageways like thick fog. They’ve seen it all before, reckoning with the loss of animals and men who have tried to reach the pastures nearly twenty years ago. The younger men don’t listen, making plans to set off on their journey despite all warnings. Strange things happen. Spirits wrestle with headstrong young men. As the terror of life on the mountain builds, Ramuz’s writing captures the rural dialog and mindsets of the men. One of the most talented translators working today, Bill Johnston captures the careful and sublime twists and turns of the original in his breathtaking translation.