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Tokio blues. Norwegian Wood: Mientras aterriza en un aeropuerto europeo, Toru Watanabe escucha una vieja canción de los Beatles que le hace retroce­der a su juventud, al turbulento Tokio de los años sesenta. Recuerda entonces con melancolía a la misteriosa Naoko, la novia de su mejor amigo de la adolescencia. El suicidio de éste les distanció durante un año, hasta que se reencontraron e ini­ciaron una relación íntima. Sin embargo, la apa­rición de otra mujer en su vida lleva a Toru a expe­rimentar el deslumbramiento y el desengaño allí donde todo debería cobrar sentido: el sexo, el amor y la muerte. Haruki Murakami nació en Kioto en 1949. Autor de culto y con grandes ventas, es el escritor japonés de mayor prestigio, tanto en su país como en el exterior, y ha recibido premios como el Noma, el Tanizaki, el Yomiuri, el Frank O'Connor y el Franz Kafka. Tusquets Editores ha publicado sus títulos Crónica del pájaro que da cuerda al mundo; Sput­nik, mi amor; Al sur de la frontera, al oeste del Sol, y Kafka en la orilla. Con Tokio blues, Murakami me­reció el reconocimiento en el mundo entero.

Los mejores libros jamás escritos Una obra fundamental de la literatura mística Edición de Jorge García López, profesor de Filología Española en la Universitat de Girona Santa Teresa de Jesús, también conocida como Teresa de Ávila, es, junto con san Juan de la Cruz, el gran nombre de la mística española. El Libro de la vida es el primero de sus escritos no líricos y ya en él se hallan los temas más recurrentes de su obra. Se trata de una obra temprana y fresca, que combina la autobiografía con la enseñanza religiosa y el relato con la doctrina. De este modo, mientras que los primeros diez capítulos son meramente biográficos, casi confesionales, lo cual supuso una novedad totalmente rupturista en el ámbito de las letras, los siguientes capítulos constituyen un bello tratado acerca de la oración. Hacia el final de la obra, la carmelita retoma la narración más cotidiana y relata la fundación del convento de San José de Ávila. La sencilla y sincera prosa de santa Teresa de Jesús otorga al Libro de la vida no solo un valor religioso, sino sobre todo literario.

ersuasión narra la historia de una mujer madura, sensible y menospreciada, que años despues de haber rechazado al hombre que amaba, persuadida por un mal consejo, ve cómo este reaparece en su vida, rico y honorable pero aºn despechado. Una mujer que quizá por primera vez en la historia de la novela debe luchar para que el amor le conceda una segunda oportunidad. Esta obra se considera una de las novelas más oscuras de Jane Austen, sin duda la más crítica con la sociedad de la epoca. Esta edición incorpora una detallada cronología de la autora. Asimismo cuenta con una magnífica introducción de la crítica y academica Gilliam Beer, especialista en el campo de la novela victoriana. Sus incontestables estudios le valieron su nombramiento como doctora honoris causa en literatura por las universidades de Oxford y Harvard. "Obligada a conducirse prudentemente en su juventud, con la edad se volvía cada vez más romántica: esa era la consecuencia lógica de su iniciación antinatural."

Dos historias paralelas se desarrollan en escenarios de nombre evocador.- una transcurre en el llamado «fin del mundo», una misteriosa ciudad amurallada; la otra, en un Tokio de un futuro no muy lejano, un despiadado «país de las maravillas». En la primera, el protagonista se ve privado de su sombra, e impelido a leer sueños, entre extraños habitantes y unicornios cuyo pelaje se torna dorado en invierno. En la segunda historia, el narrador y protagonista es un informático que trabaja en una turbia institución gubernamental; sus servicios son requeridos por un inquietante científico que juguetea con la manipu­lación de la mente y vive en la red de alcantarillado, una red poblada por tenebrosas criaturas carnívoras.

Danica Pierce has one great love in her life: work. As one of the top divorce lawyers in Austin, Danica lets her caseload keep her warm at night and has no problem being married to her job, not when love only ends in hurt. When the biggest case of her career gives her a shot at making partner, it seems like nothing could possibly stand in her way…except for her infuriating secret: she’s sleeping with the enemy. Ezra Hart is known for charming his way in and out of a courtroom. In the matter of winning Danica Pierce’s heart, however, he’s been far less successful. With her verdict to keep things purely physical with no chance of appeal, Ezra struggles to show Danica he’s more than the insufferable playboy she’s pegged him to be—especially since they find themselves on opposing sides of Danica’s most important case to date. While Dani and Ezra battle it out in the courtroom, the real trial is the one happening between them. When Dani realizes that everything she knows of Ezra might be hearsay—and that she’s not the only one with emotional baggage—she must choose between her fear of trusting again and the feelings blossoming between her and the man she thought was her worst enemy.

Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in the city. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn’t. At thirty-two, Fern’s life doesn’t look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Fern’s back home, running her mother’s lakeside resort—something she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriend’s the manager, and Fern doesn’t know where to begin. She needs a plan—a lifeline. To her surprise, it comes in the form of Will, who arrives nine years too late, with a suitcase in tow and an offer to help on his lips. Will may be the only person who understands what Fern’s going through. But how could she possibly trust this expensive-suit wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago. Will is hiding something, and Fern’s not sure she wants to know what it is.

Clementine Clark isn’t looking for love. Growing up with a single mom who weeps over a new guy each week tends to have that effect on a girl. But Clementine doesn’t mind being the rational one—she’s even buried her musical dreams so deeply within herself that she hardly notices the hole it’s left in her life. That is until her best friend calls her with a life-changing opportunity: to join Irish megastar Halloran on his first US tour as a backing vocalist. Clementine wants to reject the offer, but the pay is enough to change her and her mom’s life. Overnight, Clementine goes from serving enchiladas at the Happy Tortilla to belting high notes before a cheering crowd. But the whiplash of trading small-town Texas for sold-out stadiumsis nothing compared to the rush of performing with the enigmatic Thomas Patrick Halloran. Poet, introvert, and lyrical genius, Halloran quickly gets under Clementine’s skin. The two couldn’t see the world more differently. And yet, over the course of the next eight weeks on tour, the romantic rockstar might just strike an unforgettable chord in Clementine. But will it be enough for an encore?

As a professional cleaner, Abi Mariano never thought her apartment would have any sort of infestation, but because of a building-wide outbreak, she now needs somewhere to stay for a week. As a part-time student with two jobs, she doesn’t have many options. Then the solution presents itself: the owner of the penthouse she cleans is out of town for the week. She normally wouldn’t consider it, but he’s literally never around (she hasn’t even met him). It goes great…until one morning she finds two strangers in the kitchen. They’re the parents of the penthouse owner and they seem to think they’ve heard all about Abi—not as their son’s maid, but as his girlfriend.

Buried in the shadows of the city, there’s an abandoned hotel called The Pope, surrounded by a mystery about the hidden twelfth floor and the guest who never checked out. Banks knows the local legend, but Kai Mori believes the myth around the hotel. He and his friends think they know her, think they can scare her, but Banks knows something they don’t. Even though she struggles to hide everything she feels when Kai looks at her, the person he seeks is much closer than he’ll ever realize.