Here are a couple of interesting titles that I noticed and I was curious about ...
The first is to introduce you to just come out and I'm very curious to read it. I think that will be among my next purchase. The second one I have yet to make me a better idea.
AUTHOR: Clara Sánchez
TRANSLATOR: Budetta E.
PUBLISHER: Garzanti Books
SERIES: Storytellers modern
PRICE: € 18.60
PUBLICATION DATE: January 13, 2011
PAGES: 360
Department: Fiction Foreign
"A story of love and courage, memory and guilt, that shines in ' mind forever. The word of mouth bestseller that has surprised Spain and dominated the charts for months. " by The Bookseller (http://www.illibraio.it)
PLOT:
Spain, Costa Blanca. The sun is still hot even though it already September. On the streets there is no one, and the air is filled with the scent of lemon that reaches the sea. It is here that Sandra, in his thirties crisis sought refuge does not have a job, is at odds with their parents, is pregnant by a man who is sure to love. She feels alone and is desperate for a compass for her life. Until the day when he meets his eyes sympathetic and kind: it is Fredrik and Karen Christensen, a couple of lovely old men. They're like the grandparents never had. Moment by moment, gave her a tender friendship, the people are charming as Albert, and welcome in the large villa surrounded by beautiful flowers. A paradise. But in reality it is hell. Karin and Fredrik
Why are Nazi war criminals. Were known for their ferocity and now the dream to start smoldering. Julian is well aware, survivor of the concentration camp at Mauthausen, which for days following their movements. He knows that their wrinkled hands were stained with the blood of innocents. But now, perhaps, may expose and Sandra is the only one able to help. It is not easy to convince of the truth. Yet, after an initial moment of disbelief, the woman begins to look with different eyes and read behind the fragile appearance. Sandra now has understood: she and her very small risk. But no matter. Why everyone should know. Why can not return life to the victims, but you can at least make sure everything that has happened does not fall into oblivion. And that evil will not remain unpunished. A novel
that surprised and shocked the conscience, revealing a unique publishing event. Released quietly in Spain, soon hit the charts by selling thousands of copies through word of mouth to the public. Then came the consecration of the critics: the victory of Nadal, the English literary prize oldest and most prestigious. The scent of lemon leaves tells a story of love and courage, memory and guilt, hope and strength, a story that remains impressed in the soul forever.
is the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtNO5xG0eL4&feature=player_embedded
Sorry I do not know how to put the working links in the post ç_ç
AUTHOR: Carolyn Jess-Cooke
TRANSLATOR: Valdrè E.
PUBLISHER: Longanesi
SERIES: The Gaja science
PRICE: € 18.60
DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2010
PAGES: 368
DEPARTMENT: Fiction Foreign
"He believed that his days on earth were over. They were just to start over. "
PLOT: Margot
forty years old and his life was all a mistake. Growing up without parents, now is a woman unable to reciprocate a great love, a mother unable to save her son from a fate of misery.
the day that he dies under mysterious circumstances, Margot alone. But his life does not end. What looked like the end is actually a transformation: Margot becomes a guardian angel and will protect a mortal life.
discovers that for the divine will, or perhaps fate, the human being who has been entrusted to none other than herself. Forced to return to earth to relive their lives, so will again assist the dizzying swings of his days, without many of the rare moments of happiness and pain. From
guardian angel herself, Margot should understand how and how can intervene to change the course of events and supporting the frail little girl, then girl and then woman in the thousands of choices, sometimes happy, often tragic, of his existence.
Among the many doubts and regrets has only one certainty: it is willing to do anything to change at least one event, only one ...
"There are those who return as guardian angels, whose task is to protect their families, the their children, people who matter most.
But I am bound to protect myself. They are my guardian angel.
And so I find myself stumbling into my own memories, in the whirl of a story that I do not know if I am able to change. " About
The speaker is Ruth, a guardian angel. The particularly surprising is that Ruth is the guardian angel of itself. Delacroix was alive called Margot. After his violent death, shrouded in mystery, has become Margot Ruth and now has the task of guiding a younger self, who have whole life ahead, which still has all the possible choices, even the right ones this time. But fate can be changed?
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