Résultats pour "House of God" dans Littérature du monde

Progressing from the 1960s to the turbulent present, the novel begins on the island of O’ahu and centers on Ana, abandoned by her mother as a child. Raised by her extended family on the “lawless” Wai’anae coast, west of Honolulu, Ana, against all odds, becomes a physician. While tending victims of Hurricane ‘Iniki on the neighboring island of Kaua’i, she meets Nikolai, a Russian filmmaker with a violent and tragic past, who can confront reality only through his unique prism of lies. Yet he is dedicated to recording the ecological horrors in his motherland.

Startling stories center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women in “a voracious, probing collection, proof of how exhilarating the short story can be” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice)—from the National Book Award “5 Under 35” honoree...

Gabriela Cabezón Cámara sitúa a la Bella durmiente en un prostíbulo infecto de Buenos Aires y le da, con una poesía que roza lo imposible, su beso particular. Beya sólo puede dormir o morir a manos de los hombres que la someten a sus deseos más violentos. Beya reza y duerme y recibe sus dosis de dolor hasta que llega finalmente una solución radical.