LETRAS

En el corazón de una mansión inglesa, con tintes góticos y envuelta en sombras, donde los ecos del pasado susurran oscuros secretos, Otra vuelta de tuerca, de Henry James, se alza como una obra maestra del terror psicológico y el suspense, cubierta de una atmósfera de tensión y misterio. Aclamada por la crítica por su impacto y su capacidad de perturbar el ánimo del lector, esta asombrosa novela, cargada de ambigüedad y dotada de una profundidad psicológica sublime, nos hipnotiza y nos hace entrar, casi sin darnos cuenta, en un mundo donde la realidad se entrelaza con lo sobrenatural, desafiando nuestra percepción y empujándonos hacia los límites de nuestra propia imaginación. La trama se despliega con la llegada de una joven institutriz, designada para cuidar a dos niños con una inocencia que pronto se verá cuestionada. Lo que comienza como una misión de tutela se transforma en una lucha por descifrar los enigmas fantasmagóricos que acechan en cada rincón de esta vasta y terrorífica propiedad.

En estos relatos aparecen las primeras familias que han emigrado a Marte; exploradores solitarios que se rinden a sus visiones; colonizadores que empiezan a sentirse cada vez más peligrosamente extraterrestres; un joven marciano atraído por una muchacha terrestre a la que no comprende; entre otros. Esta edición cuenta con ilustraciones de David de las Heras, cuya capacidad técnica y enfoque surrealista resulta muy afín a los relatos del autor norteamericano.

Otro tipo de música evoca la vida familiar —mediante la añoranza, la rabia y la felicidad— e íntima de la autora, parte de esta valiosa constelación artística conocida como «Familia Parra», y ofrece, mediante breves historias y aforismos, una introducción divertida y original a la contemplación de lo que nos ocurre cada día. «Tengo mis dudas sobre lo que escribo, sobre el real interés en lo que busco. Antes quise que mis canciones no las escuchara nadie. Algo de voyerismo tiene todo esto. Tú mismo ahora estás mirando por un agujero cómo me desnudo. Crees que lo voy a hacer por completo. En verdad lo estoy haciendo».

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left the family when he was nine years old without a trace. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, his family's life has been governed by laws written to preserve “American culture” in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic.   Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn’t know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn’t wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.

A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world . . . and redefine what it means to be afraid.

Danica Pierce has one great love in her life: work. As one of the top divorce lawyers in Austin, Danica lets her caseload keep her warm at night and has no problem being married to her job, not when love only ends in hurt. When the biggest case of her career gives her a shot at making partner, it seems like nothing could possibly stand in her way…except for her infuriating secret: she’s sleeping with the enemy. Ezra Hart is known for charming his way in and out of a courtroom. In the matter of winning Danica Pierce’s heart, however, he’s been far less successful. With her verdict to keep things purely physical with no chance of appeal, Ezra struggles to show Danica he’s more than the insufferable playboy she’s pegged him to be—especially since they find themselves on opposing sides of Danica’s most important case to date. While Dani and Ezra battle it out in the courtroom, the real trial is the one happening between them. When Dani realizes that everything she knows of Ezra might be hearsay—and that she’s not the only one with emotional baggage—she must choose between her fear of trusting again and the feelings blossoming between her and the man she thought was her worst enemy.