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Truman Capote fue un maestro de las formas breves y un agudo observador y cronista de su época. Las semblanzas que reúne en este volumen son una buena muestra de ambas virtudes. Capote escribe –a veces con ternura, otras con perfidia, siempre con un estilo admirable– sobre figuras que han conformado nuestro imaginario colectivo, trazando una serie de magistrales retratos como el dedicado a las andanzas japonesas de Marlon Brando durante el rodaje de Sayonara; el ya mítico perfil de Marilyn Monroe; una bellísima rememoración en claroscuro de Tennessee Williams; una emotiva aproximación a Elizabeth Taylor; un acercamiento a «esa leyenda moderna» que fue Jane Bowles y otro al arte fotográfico de Cecil Beaton. Y son precisamente los retratos de otro fotógrafo, Richard Avedon, los que inspiran a Capote una serie de certeros perfiles, empezando por el del propio Avedon, y luego, pasando revista a un socarrón John Huston, un ambivalente Chaplin, una coqueta Coco Chanel, un moribundo Somerset Maugham, un errante Ezra Pound, una anciana y fascinante Isak Dinesen, una Mae West de carne y hueso, un Louis Armstrong captado desde la mirada infantil, un Gide que reflexiona sobre Cocteau, un Bogart retratado a través de sus palabras fetiche, un Picasso tan genial que podría provocar instintos asesinos y un Duchamp iconoclasta que bien podría ser su reverso.

La falla geológica de San Andrés, que recorre de norte a sur el estado de California, es una de las más estudiadas del planeta y la más temida en Estados Unidos. Pero un poco más hacia el norte existe otra falla, la zona de subducción de Cascadia, mucho menos conocida pero capaz de provocar terremotos todavía más devastadores. El gran terremoto es un reportaje que causó un enorme revuelo cuando se publicó en 2015 en The New Yorker y que fue galardonado con el premio Pulitzer. Schulz convierte la historia del descubrimiento de esta falla y de su potencial destructor en una apasionante investigación que nos invita a reflexionar sobre la vulnerabilidad de las sociedades actuales frente a los desastres naturales. «Una elegante narración de divulgación científica sobre la ruptura de la falla de Cascadia, una obra maestra del periodismo y la literatura medioambiental.» Jurado del premio Pulitzer «Sus reconstrucciones del terremoto de Japón de 2011 y del que podría producirse en los estados de Washington y Oregón nos impactan tanto como las mejores obras de ficción.» The New Yorker

Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . .

Thanks to a tiny transgression after school one day, Melody is shocked to discover that her parents have decided to move her and her mom out of New York City to join her father in Seoul—immediately! Barely having had the chance to say goodbye to her best friend before she’s on a plane, Melody is resentful and homesick. But she soon finds herself settling into their super-luxe villa, meeting cool friends at school, and discovering the alluring aspects of living in Korea—trendsetting fashion, delectable food, her dad’s black card, and a cute boy to explore the city with. Life in Seoul is amazing, until cracks begin to form on its glittering surface…

Ten years ago, Malik’s life changed forever the night his mother mysteriously vanished and he discovered he had uncontrollable powers. Since then, he has kept his abilities hidden, looking out for himself and his younger foster brother, Taye. Now, at 17, Malik is finally ready to start a new life for both of them, far from the trauma of his past. However, a daring act to rescue Taye reveals an unexpected connection with his long-lost grandmother: a legendary conjurer with ties to a hidden magical university that Malik’s mother attended. At Caiman University, Malik’s eyes are opened to a future he never could have envisioned for himself—one that includes the reappearance of his first love, Alexis. His search for answers about his heritage, his powers, and what really happened to his mother exposes the cracks in their magical community as it faces a reawakened evil dating back to the Haitian Revolution. Together with Alexis, Malik discovers a lot beneath the surface at Caiman: feuding covens and magical politics, forbidden knowledge and buried mysteries.

Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire’s final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war. It’s mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she’s certain it’s in the company of vampire Sébastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. Pippa enjoins the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, to discover the gateway Arjun uses to travel between worlds. Pippa, tired of hesitating in life, marches right through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn’t understand, and most unexpectedly, she finds love.