| Title |
Mesa para dos
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| Names |
Towles, Amor.
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Rovira Ortega, Gemma. Translator
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| Book Number |
DB125540
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| Title Status |
In Process
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| Language |
Spanish
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| Annotation |
"The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of compromise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In Towles's novel, Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September, 1938, with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, "Eve in Hollywood" describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself--and others--in the midst of Hollywood's golden age. Throughout the stories, two characters often find themselves sitting across a table for two where the direction of their futures may hinge upon what they say to each other next. Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting historical fiction."-- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Spanish language.
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"Aparentemente inconexas, todas estas historias presentan un momento crítico en que dos personas deben sentarse a una mesa para abordar asuntos tan universales como la búsqueda de la felicidad, el poder del dinero o la subversión de las normas sociales. Así sucede en relatos tan conmovedores como «La cola», que sigue el periplo de dos campesinos rusos, Pushkin y su mujer Irina, desde su aldea hasta Nueva York pasando por Moscú, mientras intentan desarrollar su potencial sin traicionar sus ideales; o en «La balada de Timothy Touchett», donde un escritor frustrado acepta un trabajo poco edificante hasta que Paul Auster se cruza en su camino. O en «Eve en Hollywood», una vibrante novela con tintes de género negro que nos permite reencontrarnos con Evelyn Ross, la indomable protagonista de Normas de cortesía, aquí decidida a labrarse un futuro entre platós, bungalós y los antros más oscuros de Los Ángeles de los años cuarenta."-- Proporcionada por la editorial. -- Traducido de la edición en inglés de 2024. Sin calificación. Audiolibro comercial.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Local Subject |
Unrated - UNRAT
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Human Relationships - Fiction - HUM
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General Fiction - GFI
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Spanish, Fiction. (in Spanish) - SPAF
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Titles in Spanish - SPA
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American fiction - Pre 1970 - 813
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American literature in English - 810
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| LC Subject |
Fate and fatalism - Fiction
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Interpersonal relations - Fiction
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New York (N.Y.) - Fiction
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Los Angeles (Calif.) - Fiction
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Fiction
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Short stories
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| Call Number |
813.6 AFI
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress,
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| Original Publication |
Reissue of: Barcelona : Penguin Random House Audio, [2024] 9788419851338
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