Intemperies

Excerpt from Anales de la Real Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de la Habana, 1882, Vol. 19: Revista Cientifica; Abril 15 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be...

2018 NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION'S 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE A fevered, lyrical debut about two young women drawn into an ever-intensifying friendship set against the stark, haunted landscape of the Sonoran desert and the ecstatic frenzy of New York City. Ahlam, the daughter of a Palestinian refugee and his Israeli wife, grows up in the arid lands of desert suburbia outside of Phoenix. In a stark landscape where coyotes prowl and mysterious lights occasionally pass through the nighttime sky, Ahlam’s imagination reigns. She battles chronic fever dreams and isolation. When she meets her tempestuous...

«L'home que fa un moment ha dit: "Vaig a comprar tabac" no tornarà mai més a casa seva» és la primera frase d'una història que combina el drama, la comèdia i l'acció per descriure l'experiència accidentada d'un home que fuig. El ritme trepidant i la utilització d'elements fantàstics—que contrasten amb una prosa precisa i realista—atrapen el lector, que segueix les peripècies del protagonista amb una barreja d'estupefacció i d'angoixa. Amb Sentimental, Sergi Pàmies porta al límit les virtuts que li han estat unànimement reconegudes als seus llibres anteriors i ens ofereix...

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The fifth of five volumes collecting the complete stories of renowned “weird fiction” author Clark Ashton Smith. “None strikes the note of cosmic horror as well as Clark Ashton Smith. In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer.” —H. P. Lovecraft Clark Ashton Smith, considered one of the greatest contributors to seminal pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, helped define and shape “weird fiction” in the early twentieth century, alongside contemporaries H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, drawing upon his background...