A lyrically written, sensual, and extraordinarily enjoyable novel in which a Renaissance anatomist's astonishing discovery forever changes the female erotic universe. In sixteenth-centruy Venice, celebrated physician Mateo Colombo finds himself behind bar
¿Cómo sería el mundo si la historia no hubiera sido como creemos que fue? Guiado por las profecías del calendario azteca, Quetza, un joven brillante criado por un sabio en el antiguo México, se lanza a la aventura. Adelantándose a los grandes viajer
A principios del Renacimiento los maestros florentinos dominan el secreto matemático de la perspectiva, y los flamencos el misterio alquímico de los pigmentos. No obstante, una guerra abierta entre ambas escuelas mantiene al mundo sin el pintor perfecto
ContentsThe Child Who Believed · Grace Amundson · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · The Door · E. B. White · Mysterious Kôr · Elizabeth Bowen · Nights at Serampore · Mircea Eliade ·The Dead Fiddler · Isaac Bashevis Singer · The Phoenix · S
In 1964, in Buenos Aires, a blind writer in his sixties approached a sixteen-year-old bookstore clerk and asked if he would be interested in a part-time job reading aloud.The writer was Jorge Luis Borges, one of the world's finest literary minds; the boy
While traveling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading (Goethe's "Elective Affinities") seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world in which he was living. An article in the daily paper would suddenly be illuminated by
This huge anthology offers a kaleidoscope of brilliant writing from the Magi of the imagination. Alberto Manguel has selected 72 fantastic tales from life on the edge of the twilight zone, with stories from Marguerite Yourcenar, Herman Hesse, Italo Calvin
The most-talked-about international bestseller of the year! Tightly paced and atmospheric, The Secret Supper is a dazzling historical thriller with a unique vision of both Leonardo da Vinci's genius and his masterpiece -- which you will never look at
