Los 8 libros de esta pila
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Novela Del Verano / Beach Read
Emily Henry · 2020
"Dos escritores, unas vacaciones y una apuesta. Todo puede suceder durante un verano. January Andrews es escritora de novelas româanticas y una soänadora empedernida. August Everett escribe novelas serias y cree que el amor verdadero es sâolo un cuento chino. Pero January y Gus tienen mucho mâas en comâun de lo que creen: Los dos estâan arruinados. Los dos estâan bloqueados. Y los dos necesitan escribir un bestseller antes de que termine el verano."--
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Guncle EN
Steven Rowley · 2021
De momento solo tenemos la sinopsis en inglés.
A National Bestseller An NPR Book of the Year Semi-finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor Finalist for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer. Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. So when tragedy strikes and Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian, he is, honestly, overwhelmed. Patrick has no idea what to expect, having spent years barely holding on after the loss of his great love, a somewhat-stalled acting career, and a lifestyle not-so-suited to a six- and a nine-year-old. But when his waggish set of "Guncle Rules" no longer appease Maisie and Grant's parental void, Patrick's eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility, and the realization that, sometimes, even being larger than life means you're unfailingly human.
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Las Chicas
Emma Cline · 2016
De momento solo tenemos la sinopsis en inglés.
Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged—a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence, and to that moment in a girl’s life when everything can go horribly wrong.
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Sag Harbor EN
Colson Whitehead · 2009
De momento solo tenemos la sinopsis en inglés.
From the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground Railroad Benji spends most of the year as one of the only black kids at an elite prep school in Manhattan, going to roller disco bar mitzvahs, desperately trying to find his place in the social hierarchy. Then he spends his summers in the African-American community of Sag Harbor on Long Island, and is just as confused. He's way behind on the latest handshakes, baffled by new slang, and his attempts to be cool and meet girls are constantly thwarted by his extremely awkward inner geek, braces and a badly cut Afro. It's the summer of 1985 and Benji is determined that this is the summer when things will change and he'll fit in. For starters, he'll be reinvented as 'Ben'. When that doesn't catch on, it's another summer of the perpetual mortification that is teenage existence.
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El libro del verano
Tove Jansson · 2000
Una artista anciana y su nieta de seis años pasan los veranos en una pequeña isla del archipiélago nlandés. La abuela es algo malhumorada y poco sentimental; Sophia, impetuosa y volátil. Una conoce profundamente la vida, la otra está ansiosa por saberlo todo. Juntas exploran la isla y sus secretos, inventan historias para explicar los misterios que las circundan, mientras se preguntan sobre la vida, la muerte, la naturaleza que las rodea, el amor. Dos personajes en los extremos de la vida que se cruzan con aparente inocencia, pero que de a poco se revelan llenos de matices y claroscuros. Un juego que se potencia con la prosa cristalina y directa de Tove Jansson, capaz de hacer sentir sin ser sentimental o de describir con simpleza todo el esfuerzo de la naturaleza para sostener el precario equilibrio entre la supervivencia y la extinción. El libro del verano es un libro sencillamente brillante y cautivador, con la extraña virtud de reconfortar precisamente por las mismas razones que inquieta. "Finura poética, humor seco y un profundo amor por la naturaleza recorren toda su obra... El libro es tan encantador, tan evocador como una película de Hayao Miyazaki" ( Time Out New York). "Es difícil describir el asombroso logro del arte de Jansson... la perfección de la lectura pequeña y tranquila" (The Guardian). "Cada cierto tiempo, se publica un libro que captura algo en nosotros... El libro de verano es uno de esos" ( Daily Telegraph). "Excéntrico, divertido, sabio, lleno de alegrías y pequeñas aventuras. Este es un libro para toda la vida" (Esther Freud).
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El mensajero
L. P. Hartley · 1953
En el verano de 1900, el joven Leo pasa las vacaciones en la mansión de un amigo en el campo inglés de Norfolk, un universo aristocrático en el que le cuesta encajar. Marian, la hermana de su amigo, será especialmente amable con él y le pedirá que actúe como mensajero entre ella y el granjero. El verano avanza, el calor aumenta y las cartas van arrastrando a Leo a un peligroso juego de engaño y deseo, donde los secretos de los adultos y las férreas convenciones sociales de la época le hacen perder su inocencia al tiempo que se desarrolla una tragedia inevitable.
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Buenos Dias, Tristeza
Françoise Sagan · 1954
En una hermosa mansión a orillas del Mediterráneo, Cécile , una joven de diecisiete años, y su padre, viudo y cuarentón, pero alegre, frívolo y seductor como nadie, amante de las relaciones amorosas breves y sin consecuencias, viven felices, despreocupados, entregados a la vida fácil y placentera. No necesitan a nadie más, se bastan a si mismos en una ociosa y disipada independencia basada en la complicidad y el respeto mutuo. Un día, la visita de Anne, una mujer inteligente, culta y serena, viene a perturbar aquel delicioso desorden. A la sombra del pinar que rodea la casa y filtra el sol abrasador del verano, un juego cruel se prepara. ¿Cómo alejar la amenaza que se cierne sobre la extraña pero armónica relación de Cécile con su padre ? A partir del momento en que Anne, que había sido amiga de su madre, intenta adueñarse de la situación, Cécile librará con ella, con el perverso maquiavelismo de una adolescente, una lucha implacable que, a pesar suyo, erosionará su vida y la conducirá lentamente al encuentro de la tristeza.
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The Shampoo Effect EN
Jenny Jackson · 2026
De momento solo tenemos la sinopsis en inglés.
'I devoured THE SHAMPOO EFFECT . . . it's funny, drama-fuelled, and full of Jackson's breezy wit.' Coco Mellors, Sunday Times bestselling author of BLUE SISTERS 'So breezily readable and laugh-out-loud funny while excavating the deepest truths about motherhood, family, and forgiveness.' CATHERINE NEWMAN, author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS 'An absolute DELIGHT . . . a must, must, must for your summer reading list' Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of THE PERFECT COUPLE 'Funny, sharp and charming' Rebecca Serle, New York Times bestselling author of IN FIVE YEARS OVER ONE LONG SUMMER, WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT COME OUT IN THE WASH? When writer Caroline Lash arrives in Greenhead, she falls immediately for its scenic beaches and New England charm - and even harder for Van Whittaker, a gorgeous, fleece-wearing, litter-collecting, kayak enthusiast. She meets his friends: Augusta, old money and uptight; Fran, drowning in everyone else's problems whilst keeping two kids (and an inebriated husband) afloat; and Bailey, who is sexy, confident... and inconveniently pregnant with Van's child. Determined nothing will dull the shine of her new romance, Caroline joins the friends as they run wild through Greenhead, drinking on houseboats, gossiping on beaches while their children paddle, and playing risky games. It seems the fun will last forever - until it doesn't. As decades-old friendships and marriages begin to fracture, Caroline's place in their world is called into question. And with all the group's most tightly held secrets at stake, who knows what might come out? Dazzlingly funny, sexy, and as juicy as it is astute, The Shampoo Effect is a story of late-night parties, early mornings with small children, and old friends finally growing up - despite all their best efforts.