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Chiamaka es una escritora de viajes nigeriana que vive en Estados Unidos. Sola durante la pandemia, rememora sus antiguos amores mientras lidia con decisiones pasadas y arrepentimientos. Zikora, su mejor amiga, es una abogada brillante que ha triunfado en todo… hasta que una traición la deja devastada y la obliga a recurrir a quien menos imaginaba. Omelogor, la prima audaz y franca de Chiamaka, es una figura poderosa en el mundo financiero de Nigeria, pero empieza a cuestionarse si realmente se conoce a sí misma. Y Kadiatou, la empleada doméstica de Chiamaka, cría con orgullo a su hija en Estados Unidos, hasta que un golpe devastador pone en peligro todo por lo que ha luchado. En Unos cuantos sueños, Adichie dirige su mirada aguda y compasiva hacia estas mujeres en una novela luminosa y trascendental que aborda la esencia misma del amor. ¿Es la felicidad verdadera algo alcanzable, o solo un estado pasajero? ¿Y cuánta honestidad necesitamos con nosotros mismos para amar y ser amados? Una reflexión profunda sobre las decisiones que tomamos —y las que se toman por nosotros—, sobre las madres y las hijas, sobre un mundo cada vez más entrelazado. Dream Count late con una urgencia emocional y con observaciones certeras del corazón humano, escritas con un lenguaje de una belleza y potencia conmovedoras. Una confirmación más de que Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie es una de las voces literarias más poderosas y vibrantes de nuestro tiempo.

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I. So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.

The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she committed to save her people. Now she is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vice, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix—the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power. Though she does not want to live, she refuses to die until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed Rin’s homeland to its enemies. Her only hope is to join forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who plots to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new republic. But neither the Empress nor the Dragon Warlord are what they seem. The more Rin witnesses, the more she fears her love for Nikan will force her to use the Phoenix’s deadly power once more. Because there is nothing Rin won’t sacrifice to save her country . . . and exact her vengeance.