"What I wanted more than anything was to be standing beside Schmidt, in concert with Schmidt, at the foot of Saint Sebastian's Abyss along with Schmidt, hands cupped to the sides of our faces, debating art, transcendence, and the glory of the apocalypse." Former best friends who built their careers writing about a single work of art meet after a decades-long falling-out. One of them, called to the other's deathbed for unknown reasons by a "relatively...

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a novel by the Scottish author James Hogg, published anonymously in 1824. Considered by turns part-gothic novel, part-psychological mystery, part-metafiction, part-satire, part-case study of totalitarian thought, it can also be thought of as an early example of modern crime fiction, in which the story is told, for the most part, from the point of view of its criminal anti-hero. The action...

Los monólogos de Ludovico es la segunda novela con que nos sorprende William Castaño-Bedoya. En esta obra, el autor de la también conmovedora Flores para María Sucel, reafirma sus dotes de recreador de la profundidad humana. Poco a poco, Castaño-Bedoya nos va llevando por el mundo de Ludovico. En un comienzo el lector podrá pensar que se trata de un personaje que se propone mostrarnos su limitado y aburrido mundo, pero en la medida en que el...

La narración, cualquiera que sea su pelaje, precisa para ser efectiva los condimentos de la observación sutil, la amplitud de horizontes y la proximidad vivencial. Sólo aquellos que penetran la realidad, aquellos capaces de observarla boca abajo y rescatar a través de la escritura el mundo tambaleante que nos ha tocado vivir, atesoran la verdadera esencia de la literatura. Los grandes trapecistas, como los buenos escritores, realizan su trabajo...

Peter travels the world with his guitar and harmonica, searching for a sense of belonging in a remote and mysterious place called Belonging Sun. Along the way, he encounters obstacles that test his determination and resourcefulness. But he remains determined to fulfil his principle: that progress comes from taking action and not just waiting. Join Peter on his journey to find belonging in this inspiring tale of self-discovery.

Welcome to Luna City, Karnes County, Texas ... Population 2,456 ... with the impending birth of a baby to Joe and Jess Abernathy-Vaughn. Things are nearly back to normal for fugitive former celebrity chef Richard Astor-Hall. The Luna City Café & Coffee is doing well, he has moved up from tending a single potted plant to a pet, and a flirtatious relationship with Kate Heisel, star reporter for the local newspaper. But his past may be about to catch...

Mal and Loll is the same person; born in a man's body, but always struggling to accept things as they are. Mal pushes herself to the fore and Loll has to take second place in a life of manic schizophrenia and bizarre circumstances. Mal gets cancer but decides to fight to the bitter end with anybody and anything which stands in the way of her pleasure; trouble is it's not the end but the beginning.

John's down to the last day on his rent and one whole moldy sandwich to eat. To add insult to injury, somebody left a bowling ball on the kitchen table. John's never seen it before, didn't know how it got there, or what he's supposed to do with it. It has to belong to somebody, and so he sets out to find out who. Maybe he'll pick a job or something to eat along the way, too.

David Alexander sets strong and resourceful characters into settings that are simultaneously familiar and bizarre. His stories are everyone's, at least everyone that is paying attention to the continual apocalypse of life and relationship on the cusp of the 21st century. In Haywire Car Alarm Deep In September Night Alexander carries the vision of modern life to hallucinogenic heights and answers the dilemma of dream and reality: Each are so vitally...

Fairy tale movies and commercials are everywhere. They are very popular. And that's great, because all those fairy tale characters need the work. All the Snow Whites, Three Pigs and a variety of Big Bad Wolves all are clients of the Madre and Gander Employment Agency. That's how Humpty Dumpty finally gets a crack into Show Business. Madre and Gander is a casting agency where they supply all the fairy tale denizens a film production can ask for. Ethel...