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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.

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».

Como un rompecabezas que no está completo sin todas las piezas, la literatura de Clarice se completa con estos escritos. Este libro contiene algunas piezas esenciales para comprender la obra de Clarice Lispector. Seguir la impresionante entrevista que en 1976, un año antes de su muerte, concedió de manera excepcional es acercarse al misterio que ella quiso ser y plasmar con un lenguaje que va más allá de la palabra.

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.

Frankie and George have been best friends since they were eight years old. Both passionate, impulsive, and headstrong—they’ve always clashed . . . and come back together. Until now. It’s the eve of Frankie’s wedding weekend, and she doesn’t know where they stand or even if George will show up as her best man. Then, at the start of the festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, surrounded by her loved ones, Frankie’s life is finally perfect. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancé dumps her the next morning, leaving only a note as an explanation. Crushed and confused, Frankie returns to her family’s home to wallow. But George has a different idea and a plan for healing Frankie’s broken heart. He wants her to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforests and misty beaches of Tofino. Frankie agrees, seeing the trip for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship. Even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means falling apart for good.

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.