The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And Other Stories

Picoult, Jodi

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now in a stunning tenth-anniversary edition, "the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written" (The Washington Post) tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn't offer easy answers.This deluxe edition includes a brand-new introduction from the author and cover art in addition to gorgeous sprayed edges and a stampe...

Kang, Han

From Nobel Prize winner Han Kang comes her first work of nonfiction published in English—a singular collection of writings including her inspiring Nobel Lecture.In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs, a...

Yuzuki, Asako

A Paperback Original From the author of the international bestseller Butter comes a chilling and perceptive novel about obsession, female friendship, and the slow unraveling of two lives Eriko's life looks perfect--from her prestigious job at a Japanese trading firm to her spotless apartment and devoted parents. Her newest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile Perch in...

Sohn, Won-Pyung

From the bestselling author of Almond, The Devil Wears Prada meets The Office in this witty, humane, and ultimately transformative story of a group of young workers who rebel against the status quo, now available in a convenient pocket-sized portable Nomad Edition. Jihye is an ordinary woman who has never been extraordinary. In her administrative job at the Academy, she silen...

Nishi, Kanako

Available in English at last, the international bestseller from one of Japan's most acclaimed authors, a touching tale of a broken family contending with the pain of the past to live in the present, helped by the unforgettable dog who becomes their lifeline. Sakura is the story of a family who is happy, until it isn't. Skipping back and forth in time, it begins when the narra...

Gigi L. Leung

On a weekend morning, college roommates, Ah Li and Panda, wake up with very different reactions to the night before. They have been chased and tear-gassed in the streets of their city after joining tens of thousands of others to protest a national security law that would effectively spell the end of democracy in Hong Kong. Ah Li couldn't get out of bed, her heart heavy with the...

Irving, Washington

Perteneciente al Romanticismo Estadounidense, Washington Irving fue uno de los autores más admirados del siglo XIX. Amante de las leyendas, le otorgó a la mayoría de sus narraciones cortas una ambientación gótica, siniestra y fantástica, que fueron su sello más personal, con toques costumbristas y coloquiales; aunque ante todo, Irving fue un escritor que derramó optimismo en to...

Irving, Washington

La Leyenda de Sleepy Hollow, , la increíble historia del curioso maestro de escuela Ichabod Crane y de un jinete sin cabeza que aterroriza sobre su imponente caballo a una tranquila y peculiar población agrícola de una comarca de origen holandés situada en las cercanías del río Hudson norteamericano, cerca de Nueva York, es un fabuloso relato corto fantástico escrito en 1820 po...

Irving, Washington

Prototipo de historiador romántico, cosmopolita y viajero infatigable, el norteamericano Washington Irving (1783-1859) encarna la personalidad inquieta y polifacética del hombre del siglo XIX. Llevado por sus intereses a Europa, y tras residir durante un tiempo en Inglaterra y Francia, Irving llegaría a España, como agregado de embajada, en 1826. El éxito de sus libros, de cort...

Irving, Washington

Washington Irving's classic tale of romantic schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his terrifying encounter with the Headless Horseman is given new life in this edition, featuring the richly detailed, one-of-a-kind folk illustrations of Will Moses. ...

Irving, Washington

La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow es un relato corto de terror y romanticismo, escrito por Washington Irving en 1820, en su colección de ensayos e historias cortas The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. La historia se sitúa en 1784, en los alrededores del asentamiento neerlandés de Tarry Town (Tarrytown, Nueva York), en un apartado valle llamado Sleepy Hollow conocido por sus historias ...

Irving, Washington

Parejas de enamorados, jinetes sin cabeza y aldeanos que duermen siestas de décadas confluyen en un díptico que parece al mismo tiempo realismo mágico y terror costumbrista. En estos dos relatos, Sleepy Hollow, o La leyenda del jinete sin cabeza, y Rip van Winkle, se encuentra la simiente del llamado Gótico Americano, que convirtió a Washington Irving en el primer escritor de...