A group of women, confined to the prison of Ventas in Madrid, raise the flag of dignity and anger as the only possible weapon to face humiliation, torture and death. La voz dormida is an essential novel to understand the Spanish civil war since it helps to dive into the role that women played during decisive years in the history of the coun...more
Los pilares de la tierra es una novela histórica del autor británico Ken Follett ambientada en Inglaterra en la Edad Media en el siglo XII durante un periodo de guerra conocido como la Anarquía inglesa, aunque también recrea un viaje de peregrinación a Santiago de Compostela a través de Francia y España. El autor sorprendió con esta novela ...more
In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, wh...more
You could be excused for thinking that this book is one containing a simple story for young children about a Little Prince. How wrong you would be! This is far from the truth: it is much more. It is a complex story containing lots of ambiguities about a child with golden hair. These are all eruditely discussed before the actual story begins, in a s...more
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