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A stunning erotic novel that has sold over 1 million copies worldwide - FIFTY SHADES OF GREY for a more sophisticated and adventurous reader.Long before FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, Grandes was dazzling the literary world with this highly charged novel about a young woman embarking on a series of sexual adventures.Lulu's journey begins won the night she loses her virginity to Pablo - her brother's best friend and twelve years her senior. Their relationship is obsessive - not possessive - and their appetites for new erotic territory are insatiable. Lulu's thirst for sexual discovery takes her through voyeurism, power plays and homoeroticism. But soon her forays into illicit and dangerous sex threaten to absorb her completely.

A sweeping epic saga about the Spanish Civil War -- the Spanish DR ZHIVAGO.In the small town of Torrelodones on the outskirts of Madrid, a funeral is taking place. Julio Carrión González, a man of tremendous wealth and influence in Madrid, has come home to be buried. But as the family stand by the graveside, his son Alvaro notices the arrival of a stranger -- a young and attractive woman. No one appears to know who she is, or why she is there. Alvaro's questions only deepen when the family inherits an enormous amount of money that is a surprise even to them. In his father's study Alvaro discovers an old folder with letters sent to his father in Russia between 1941 and 1943, faded photos of people he never met and a locked grey metal box. The woman is Raquel Fernández Perea, the daughter of Spaniards who fled during the Civil War. One episode in her past has marked her for ever -- the only time she saw her grandfather cry. Her fate, and that of the family, now hangs on the secrets of Julio's past.From the provincial heartlands of Spain to the battlefields of Russia, THE FROZEN HEART is a mesmerising journey through a war that tore families apart, pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, wives against husbands. Against such a past, where do faith and loyalty lie?

A young Frenchwoman goes to work in a butcher's shop during her college vacation. Every day the butcher whispers obscenities in her ear, describing their imagined lovemaking. And as the summer heat takes hold, so does her lust. Here The Butcher is coupled with Reyes' second novella, Lucie's Long Voyage, which also features her irresistible blend of sensual earthiness and the dreamlike imagery of a fractured fairy tale.

At just fifteen years old, Lulu, a "round, hungry little girl," finds that her erotic cravings are already powerfully established when she is seduced by a family friend, Pablo, twelve years her senior. This initial encounter incites the violent power play that drives an adult Lulu through a series of increasingly titillating sexual exploits. Always fascinated by the thin line separating decency and morality from perversion, Lulu gains the courage to explore the darker side of her carnal desires--but as her forays become increasingly desperate, the world of illicit and dangerous sex threatens to engulf her completely. A groundbreaking novel of sexual exploration, The Ages of Lulu sparked international controversy and was an overnight sensation when it was first published in Spain fifteen years ago. It won the Sonrisa Vertical Prize for erotic fiction, and was made into a film starring Javier Bardem.

Internationally celebrated author Almudena Grandes has produced her finest work yet with The Wind from the East, a blend of two narratives set alternately in Madrid and an Andalusian town by the sea. Sara G mes Morales, given up at birth to be raised by her wealthy godmother, is betrayed on her sixteenth birthday when she is forced to leave her godmother's home and return to live in poverty with her estranged parents. Tortured by resentment and the loneliness of belonging to neither place, she finds solace as an adult only when she moves to the coastal town.Parallel to Sara's story is the story of Juan and Damian Olmedo, brothers in love with the same woman. One night an argument incited by jealousy leads Damian to stumble down a flight ofstairs and fall to his death. Suspected ofmurdering his younger brother, Juan flees to the same village that served as Sara's escape. Deftly engaging, The Wind from the Eastis an epic tale of love and redemption. Almudena Grandes' writing has been compared to the work of classic and contemporary voices such as the Bront sisters and Isabel Allende.

El libro que faltaba de Almudena Grandes.Las historias y las escenas cotidianas que resumen el mundo de una escritora irrepetible. Escalera interior es Almudena en estado puro. Luis Landero Almudena Grandes era una maestra en contar el momento hist rico a trav s de la vida cotidiana. Era insustituible... Y ah nos dej otros Episodios Nacionales monumentales. Pepa Bueno Almudena mira por una mirilla y te invita a que lo hagas t tambi n... Te haces una idea muy clara de c mo era ella como mujer, como persona y como activista. Carmen Machi El ltimo regalo de Almudena Grandes. Peque as historias extraordinarias de la gente com n. Cristina Ros, Eldiario.es La pica de los peque os momentos ... Un deleite y un goce, adem s de un homenaje a una de nuestras escritoras m s notables. Javier Garc a Recio, Faro de Vigo Deber a ser lectura obligatoria en todos los colegios. Hay un momento en que las distintas generaciones literarias se acarician y este texto lo demuestra con una atrevida y perturbadora ambici n emocional. Sonia Fides, Heraldo de Arag n Una oda a lo cotidiano y a la educaci n sentimental. Marta Alberca, El Plural Escalera interior es el murmullo de los patios de luces que recogen olores de guisos, ruidos de cacharros y cucharones, risas, confidencias susurradas a media voz, buenos d as y buenas noches que se intercambian en el rellano; es el murmullo que recoge nuestra rutina, la de la gente de a pie, en esas realidades peque as que son las que esconden las grandes historias... ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Missing Book by Almudena GrandesStories and everyday moments that sum up the world of an unforgettable writer. "Escalera interior is Almudena at her purest." Luis Landero "Almudena Grandes was a master at capturing history through everyday life. She was irreplaceable... And she left us with other monumental Episodes of National Life." Pepa Bueno "Almudena looks through a peephole and invites you to do the same... You get a crystal-clear picture of who she was as a woman, a person, and an activist." Carmen Machi "Almudena Grandes' final gift--extraordinary little stories about ordinary people." Cristina Ros, Eldiario.es "The epic of small moments... A delight and a joy, as well as a tribute to one of our most remarkable writers." Javier Garc a Recio, Faro de Vigo "This should be mandatory reading in all schools. There comes a time when different literary generations intertwine, and this book proves it with daring and deeply emotional ambition." Sonia Fides, Heraldo de Arag n "An ode to the everyday and to sentimental education." Marta Alberca, El Plural

Este libro es el relato de un aprendizaje erotico, explicito y desafiante, y tambien una perturbadora historia de amor que, con una desvergonzada conciencia del deseo, no duda en traspasar la linea de algunos tabues o pasiones oscuras. Sumida todavia en los temores de una infancia carente de afecto, Lulu, una nina de quince anos, es seducida por Pablo, el amigo de su hermano mayor por el que desde pequena sentia una secreta fascinacion. Despues de esta primera experiencia, Lulu, nina eterna, acaba por aceptar el desafio de prolongar indefinidamente, en su peculiar relacion sexual, el juego amoroso de la iniciacion y el sometimiento, en un universo privado donde el tiempo pierde valor. Pero el sortilegio arriesgado de vivir en un mundo fuera de la realidad se rompe bruscamente un dia, cuando Lulu, ya con treinta anos, se precipita, indefensa pero febrilmente, en el infierno de los deseos peligrosos.