TAMA JANOWITZ

''What was the use of living in a porn film now, at her age?'' pondered Peyton Amberg, alone in a glamorous Hong Kong hotel room. At twenty, when she could have pulled a film star, she''d had no sex drive at all. Then she - and her mother - had wanted love and commitment so she married the ''nebbishy Jewish dentist'' who thought she was a goddess but left her cold. Now she is on a world tour of past loves and lusty last stands which are getting to feel painfully insalubrious. As the young man she pursues in Antwerp says: ''You must be as old as my mother Lady, you must be fifty.'' Tama Janowitz manages to be both intoxicatingly funny and sobering at once in this unforgettable portrait of a woman at a crossroads. From Hong Kong to Rio, via Milan and an English country house, Peyton Amberg has pursued her flings. And now what she wants to know is, when had women taken over the man''s role and why was the whole set-up so goddamn humiliating?

''What was the use of living in a porn film now, at her age?'' pondered Peyton Amberg, alone in a glamorous Hong Kong hotel room. At twenty, when she could have pulled a film star, she''d had no sex drive at all. Then she - and her mother - had wanted love and commitment so she married the ''nebbishy Jewish dentist'' who thought she was a goddess but left her cold. Now she is on a world tour of past loves and lusty last stands which are getting to feel painfully insalubrious. As the young man she pursues in Antwerp says: ''You must be as old as my mother Lady, you must be fifty.'' From Hong Kong to Rio, via Milan and an English country house, Peyton has pursued her flings. And now what she wants to know is, when had women taken over the man''s role, and why is the whole set-up so goddamn humiliating?

A semi-autobiographical first novel about an 11-year-old boy whose parents are divorcing. Earl's father is a psychiatrist--like Janowitz's own father--whose careless behavior is an embarrassment; his mother is a poet--also an autobiographical detail--and together they are so permissive that Earl struggles to find ways to rebel against them. As Earl grows older and his parents move towards divorce--and when Earl's mother dies and his father is convicted of manslaughter before the divorce becomes finalized--Earl must come to terms with his feelings towards his dad.

Traducción de Mariano Antolín Rato

Oryx & Crake meets Douglas Coupland. An unforgettable vision of the future of America. Years from now America finds itself split between the rich and the poor. The haves live in luxury within the small regions that remain unpolluted while the have-nots inhabit a toxic suburbia full of terrorism, crime and genetic mutations. Perhaps not all that different from today then? They Is Us tells the story of one family from the poor side as they go about their daily lives. Julie has a job as a summer intern at an animal laboratory. She cant resist taking home the discarded mutants and her house is filled with genetic cast offs. Her mother, Murielle, has kicked out her stepfather and now, seemingly from nowhere, finds herself subject to the attentions of multi-millionaire businessman A.J.M. Bishrop. Bishrop is only dating Murielle because he wants to get Julies underage sister Tahnee into bed. Just your typical American family story. Set against a backdrop of increasingly invasive technology, growing pollution and the President of the USAs impending gay marriage (to be broadcast live across the nation) They Is Us features a cast of unforgettable characters that will stick in your mind long after you finish the book. Tama Janowitz has written a prophetic novel which is funny, and frequently hilarious, but is so uncannily believable that it is chilling to read. This really could be the future.