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Tetsuyuki Iryo es un joven universitario que vive acuciado por las deudas y los acreedores de su difunto padre y que intenta resolver su existencia abandonando la casa materna. Comienza a trabajar como botones en un hotel de Osaka. Una vez instalado en su nuevo piso, comienza la convivencia con un compañero inesperado, afincado en una columna del apartamento: el lagarto Kin. El cuerpo de Kin está atravesado por un clavo debido a una acción no intencionada cuando le cortan la luz en el destartalado apartamento, y se resiste insistentemente a morir, sirviendo de hilo a su amigo humano cada noche en sus pensamientos sobre la vida y el amor.

Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.

EVERY DAY THE SAME Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. UNTIL TODAY And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?