Caribbean Fiction

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel presents the Faustian story of a man who aspires to create life out of death, with disastrous results. The novel is constructed as a series of first-person narratives, delivered by Captain Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and his Creature, which makes it perfect for a dramatic reading presented by actor author Geoffrey Giuliano.

As usual for the much-traveled young Biff Brewster, he had major components of adventure and intrigue when his Uncle Charlie contacted him to come to the Caribbean and help with a search for some valuable pearls in and around Martinique. They were first found by Brom Zook, father of Derek Zook, who first surprisingly met with Biff by accident. They were thoroughly astounded to find they looked identical enough to be twins. As the search Biff planned to join his uncle on, they became involved with an evil man named Dietz.

En Bajo el sol de Ceiba Alta, Deisy Ascón Galego presenta una apasionante narrativa ambientada en un entorno de peligros y traiciones, donde los personajes luchan por sobrevivir en una Cuba del siglo XIX. La narrativa entrelaza ingeniosamente temas de clase social, engaño y resiliencia, a través de personajes como Camila, David y Charlotte, que se ven envueltos en conflictos personales y políticos que los llevarán a tomar decisiones difíciles.

The Beetle tells the tale of an evil, ancient Egyptian spirit seeking revenge on an up-and-coming British politician, Paul Lessingham. The shape-shifting creature that pursues Lessingham is possessed of hypnotic powers and takes different forms, both male and female, as well as morphing into a beetle - a figure that induces terror in its victims.

Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking-show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school's Fall Festival the day before. Miriam's luck does not improve. Her passive-aggressive mother-in-law puts her in charge of the Women's Club annual gala. While making plans at the country club, they hear a volatile argument between the new head chef and the club's manager. Not long after, the chef swan dives to his death at the bottom of the grand staircase.

For once, everything in twelve-year-old Josephine's life is going according to plan. She's finally proved that girls belong on the cricket team and earned a spot as a starting player! And she's confident that she and her best friend, Ahkai, will both be accepted to their dream secondary school. Nothing can stop Jo now—not even the memory of the vengeful sea spirit she vanquished last year. But then a series of disasters strike. Jo keeps having eerie encounters with a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows.

Captain Stephen Sorrell returns from the First World War decorated with the Military Cross but unnerved by the conflict. His mercenary wife has deserted him for 'one of the fellows who stayed behind' and left him responsible for their son, Christopher. A promised position in an antique shop fails to materialise, and Sorrell faces poverty. Despite losing status, he takes a job as a hotel porter, cleaning shoes and carrying luggage. Thus begins the long climb to financial security.

Tom Jones is a splendid Hogarthian panorama of 18th-century English life and morals, encompassing both city and country, and comprising some of the greatest comic characters in British literature. First published in 1749, it was an instant success and has gone on to become a classic of its genre. Quite simply, there has never been anything like it.

Bereft of his beloved wife, Glencora, and his role as prime minister, Plantagenet Palliser enters the realm of family politics as he struggles to guide and connect with his three wayward children. Lord Silverbridge, the Duke's first born and natural inheritor, expelled from Oxford, a gambler at the racetrack and an elected Conservative, further troubles his father when he becomes engaged to Isabel Boncassen. Lady Mary, his daughter, falls in love with a penniless young gentleman named Frank Tregear, while his second son, Gerald, displays similar behavior to his brother.

À Middlemarch, cité imaginaire de la province anglaise, vers 1830, la jeune et intelligente Dorothée aspire à de grandes réalisations. Elle épouse le pasteur Casaubon, beaucoup plus âgé qu'elle et espère aider son mari dans les travaux de recherche pour un livre qui devrait être son chef d'œuvre. Mais Casaubon ne la prend pas sérieux, la néglige. De plus, il prend ombrage de l'amitié qui rapproche Will Ladislaw, son cousin, et Dorothée. Ce mariage se révèle être une erreur.

In this fourth installment of the Jesse McDermitt series, Jesse faces an antagonist unlike any he's faced before, post-traumatic stress. A friend's son, who was dishonorably discharged from the Corps, is suffering from nightmares, brought on by the incident that was the catalyst for his discharge. With Jesse's help he learns to cope with his demons and gets his discharge overturned, so that he may once again serve the country he loves.

All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother after his dad’s latest deployment, Nestor plans to lay low. He definitely doesn’t want anyone to find out his deepest secret: that he can talk to animals. But when the animals in his new town start disappearing, Nestor's grandmother becomes the prime suspect.

En un rincón de El Salvador, la casa número nueve, con sus paredes de bajareque y techos de teja, resguarda los secretos y las memorias de la familia Fernández. A lo largo de los años, este hogar ha sido testigo de nacimientos, pérdidas y el inquebrantable espíritu de sus habitantes. Emilia y Gregorio, los pilares de esta historia, enfrentan con valentía las adversidades que les impone la vida, desde la lucha diaria por el sustento hasta el impacto de una guerra civil que amenaza con desmoronar su mundo.

Viața lui Dionisio Pinzón e guvernată de hazardul care-l aruncă ba în brațele sărăciei și disperării, ba într-ale abundenței și fericirii: din crainic al satului și muritor de foame, devine cocoșar de succes și jucător de cărți. Din târg în târg, îl însoțește, fără voia ei, La Caponera, frumoasa cântăreață, cu vocea și melodiile ei vrăjite. Sărbătorile și veselia satelor mexicane, libertatea și puterea magnetică a femeilor, dar și corupția și lăcomia, toate acestea se află în Cocoșul de aur.

Laconice, prozele din acest volum amintesc de opera lui Faulkner și de scriitori precum marii tragici ai lumii clasice: García Márquez îl cita adesea pe Sofocle în această privință. Proza „Zi-le să nu mă omoare!" a fost numită de Elias Canetti una dintre cele mai bune cinci opere din literatura universală, iar Günter Grass a citit-o în public la Berlin, alături de Rulfo, în 1981. Geografia mexicană a fost prefăcută de Rulfo, în „Ne-au dat pământ", în scenariul unei călătorii cu ecouri biblice. Kenzaburō Ōe recomandă aceste proze celor care vor să-și creeze propria poveste.

Gleich zum Auftakt ihrer nachgeholten Flitterwochen erleben Commissaire Girard und ihr Mann Patric, dass die karibische Insel sie wenig willkommen heißt.

Romance de estreia de Oscar Nakasato e vencedor do prêmio Jabuti, Nihonjin — que significa "japonês" — é uma saga familiar contada a partir da vida de Hideo Inabata, um imigrante orgulhoso da própria nacionalidade que, como tantos conterrâneos, aporta no Brasil no início do século 20 para trabalhar nas lavouras de café do interior de São Paulo.

" Aunque el pasaje humano de Las estrellas son negras parezca ser el mismo, lo que impresiona es que siga existiendo en un inmenso paisaje urbano de ruinas y asomos de riqueza. Medio largo siglo después, la novela de Palacios es reconocible en la ciudad, distinta en sus accidentes urbanos y, sin embargo, igual en la profundidad de sus dolores.", Oscar Collazos, Revista Arcadia , 2007. Irra o Israel, el protagonista de este clásico recobrado, publicado por primera vez en la Colombia del año 49, después del Bogotazo, sueña con matar al intendente de una Quibdó que es la de los años cuarenta.

Based upon a real boat - the Lord Sheffield did sail the Caribbean Sea until sunk by Hurricane Gonzalo in 2014 - this is a story about the joy of adventure and the value of self-reliance. We asked ourselves, “What would happen if two young boys found themselves abandoned aboard the Lord Sheffield in the middle of the Caribbean Sea”? Set aboard the tall ship Lord Sheffield and on several Caribbean islands and countries, we follow Brian, the “Barracuda Kid”, as he fights to save the Lord Sheffield and then set’s off on a desperate voyage to rescue his dad and Captain Olsten.

Un lieu, quatre siècles, une odyssée audacieuse et irrésistible au cœur de l'histoire de la civilisation occidentale. Entre permanence de la nature, rêve et folie des hommes. Comment une petite dizaine d'individus du monde entier se sont-ils retrouvés à l'intérieur d'un minibus aux confins du Mexique, sur des routes brinquebalantes et en compagnie d'un chaman ?