Elvira Lindo Boeken

The bestselling phenomenon from Spain about ten-year-old Manolito's misadventures in Madrid. "Don't try to be different," says Manolito's mother. But he can't help it--he doesn't have to try. Whether he's fighting over the One-and-Only Susana, trying not to fight with Ozzy the Bully, telling his entire life story to the school psychologist, or discovering the true meaning of World Peace, ten-year-old Manolito is a real original. As he'd say, in the worldwide world, there's nobody like him Join the unforgettable Manolito as he takes on life in Madrid. And for the first time, this bestselling phenomenon from Spain is available in English.

The first book in a series about a ten-year-old boys misadventures in Spain.

Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award This intimate family novel that follows the rise and fall of a great love is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War. In Open Heart, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents—the story of an excessive love, passionate and unstable, forged through countless fights and reconciliations, which had a profound effect on their entire family. Manuel Lindo came from nothing, but stubbornly worked his way up at the Dredging and Construction Company. Obliged to move from city to city for his job, the family couldn’t put down roots, and Elvira and her siblings’ childhood was marked by unpredictability. As they pass through temporary homes, they’re caught between Manuel’s outsized temper and their young mother’s worsening illness, which would tragically take her life. Beginning with nine-year-old Manuel’s experience in Madrid in 1939, Open Heart takes us on a sweeping journey through Spain full of beautifully observed insights about love in its many forms.

Manolito torna a raccontare le sue esilaranti avventure a Carabanchel Alto. Manolito è alle prese con un mucchio di guai, a cominciare dai votacci presi a scuola e da una mamma che gli rifila una sfilza di punizioni. Manolito ha parecchi problemi anche con i suoi amici. E l'estate si annuncia complicata. Ma il ragazzino ha dalla sua... una gran chiacchiera! Ed ecco che quel che gli accade diventa un'avventura spassosa e un'occasione di divertimento totale. Età di da 9 anni.

A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected.

"La ironía la sátira son las "armas secretas" de estas crónicas de la vida cotidiana"-- ack cover.

«Por primera vez en mi vida me puse a la tarea de es­cribir un diario. Quería dejar por escrito el día a día de un invierno en Nueva York, que tenía la particu­laridad de ser el último. Un invierno que se compor­tó como debía, salvajemente, con un frío que mordía a los paseantes en las esquinas y convertía cualquier paseo en una aventura, a menudo desoladora. Fueron días de frío y noches de insomnio creativo. Pero no sólo con palabras quería contarlo sino valiéndome de algunas de aquellas fotos que fui tomando durante los dos últimos años, con una constancia de cazadora so­litaria, de paseante alerta», Elvira Lindo Un libro ilustrado con fotografías de la propia autora que evocan la atracción y también la crudeza de una ciudad mítica. Un libro lúcidamente inspirado por noches de insomnio creativo -- Dos du livre

Para Olivia es muy difícil escribir una carta a los Reyes Magos. Su abuelo le cuenta lo que él pedía cuando era como ella.

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