Amulya Malladi

Un episodio trágico de la historia de la India, visto a través de los ojos de una joven que debe rehacer su vida. La fuga de gas tóxico en la planta de Union Carbide en 1984 se convertiría en uno de los episodios mas dolorosos de la historia de la India contemporanea. Aquel dia, Anjali esperaba a su marido en la estacion de tren. Tras enterarse de sus infdelidades y pasar una temporada con sus padres, Anjali habia vuelto para darle una segunda oportunidad. Pero la fuga de gas cambio su vida. Esta es la historia de su lucha por olvidar el horror de la tragedia, por la supervivencia de su hijo enfermo y por empezar de nuevo.Un homenaje a la perseverancia de un pueblo marginado que ha luchado durante los ultimos veinte años por superar la tragedia. Una narracion cargada de emociones, que invita a plantear dilemas morales acerca de las responsabilidades del estado, los deberes de los ciudadanos y los derechos de los enfermos con personajes bien desarrollados que enfrentan la tragedia con orgullo, fuerza y pasion.

Between the pressures to marry and become a traditional Indian wife and the humiliation of losing her job in Silicon Valley, Devi is on the edgewhere the only way out seems to be to jump. . . . Yet Devis plans to end it all fall short when she is saved by the last person she wants to see: her mother. Forced to move in with her parents until she recovers, Devi refuses to speak. Instead, she cooks . . . nonstop. And not the usual fare, but off the wall twists on Indian classics, like blueberry curry chicken or Cajun prawn biryani. Now family meals are no longer obligations. Devis parents, her sister, and her brother-in-law cant get enoughand they suddenly find their lives taking turns as surprising as the impromptu creations Devi whips up in the kitchen each night. Then a stranger appears out of the blue. Devi, it appears, had a secretone that touches many a nerve in her tightly wound family. Though exposing some shattering truths, the secret will also gather them back together in ways they never dreamed possible. Interspersed with mouthwatering recipes, this story mixes humor, warmth, and leap-off-the-page characters into a rich stew of a novel that reveals a womans struggle for acceptance from her family and herself.

Una joven india afincada en Estados Unidos tendrá que enfrentarse a las tradiciones ancestrales que su familia tratará de imponerle cuando regrese a su país. Tras siete años de ausencia, Priya ya no es la misma mujer, tiene un novio negro y en su casa se desatara una verdadera guerra generacional, sobre todo cuando se entere de que sus padres ya han acordado su matrimonio. Una novela deliciosa, fresca y exotica sobre el triunfo del amor y el choque intercultural. Prosa muy entretenida y ambientacion exotica.

De toute évidence, ce n’était pas la façon idéale d’avoir un bébé, mais après trois fausses couches et trois vaines tentatives de fécondation in vitro qui leur avaient coûté chacune dix mille dollars

J’ai senti mes poumons comme écorchés en dedans par des ongles, comme si quelqu’un avait lancé de la poudre de chili rouge dans mes narines. J’ai inhalé de nouveau et c’était pareil. J’ai agrippé ma

Philip Marlowe meets Nordic Noir. Iben Albinus, internationally bestselling and award-winning author of DamaskusMeet Gabriel Prst, an ex-Copenhagen cop (who dresses with panache), jazz aficionado, and relentless pursuer of truth as he explores Denmarks Nazi-collaborator past and anti-Muslim present in a page-turning Nordic murder mystery with a cosmopolitan vibeEveryone in Denmark knew that Yousef Ahmed, a refugee from Iraq, brutally murdered the right-wing politician Sanne Melgaard. So, when part-time blues musician, frustrated home renovator, and full-time private detective Gabriel Prst agrees to investigate the matter because his exthe one who got awayasked him to, he knew it was a no-win case.But as Gabriel starts to ask questions, his face meets with the fists of Russian gangsters; the Danish prime minister asks him for a favor; and he starts to realize that something may be rotten in the state of Denmark.Wondering if Yousef was framed to heighten the local anti-Muslim sentiment, Gabriel follows a trail back in time to World War II when anti-Semitism was raging in Europe during the German occupation of Denmark. Fearing a nationalistic mindset has resurfaced, Gabriel rolls up the sleeves of his well-cut suit and gets to work. From the cobblestone streets of Copenhagen to the historic Strassen of Berlin where the sounds of the steel-toed boots of marching Nazis still linger, Gabriel finds that some very powerful Danes dont want him digging into the caseas the secrets he unearths could shake the foundations of Danish identity.