The shockingly compulsive new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Remainder. Clean begins with an inescapable fact: a girl has died. Told by Estela, a maid to a wealthy, middle class family who speaks to us from a locked room, we hear of her plight and the circumstances that led to this moment. As we enter into her account of her daily existence, we se...(展开全部)

《清洁》以一个不可避免的事实开篇：一个女孩死了。埃斯特拉是富裕中产阶级家庭的女佣，她在一间上锁的房间里向我们讲述了她的困境以及导致这一刻的情况。当我们了解她对日常生活的描述时，我们看到她看似简单的生活开始变糟，但这会让她走向不可想象的境地吗？ 《清洁》令人不安且深刻，在智利不断变化的政治格局背景下探讨了家务劳动、阶级和暴力。这是国际文学中大胆、引人入胜的惊悚小说之一。 Clean begins with an inescapable fact: a girl has died. Told by Estela, a maid to a wealthy, middle class family who speaks to us from a locked room, we hear of her plight and the circumstances ...(展开全部)

In an irresistible invitation to lighten up, look around, and live an unscripted life, a master of the art of improvisation explains how to adopt the attitudes and techniques used by generations of musicians and actors. Let’s face it: Life is something we all make up as we go along. No matter how carefully we formulate a “script,” it is bound to change when we interact with pe...(展开全部)

It’s getting dark out, but one stubborn Pigeon is NOT going to bed! Toddlers and parents will love this interactive bedtime romp, which puts readers back in the driver’s seat, following all of Pigeon’s sly trickery as he tries to outsmart the inevitable bedtime.

Laura Diaz is a passionated character, intimately connected to many historical events. Through her story, Carlos Fuentes writes the journal of the Mexican twentieth century, supporting his novel with facts and characters that define the shape of today's Mexico. Description in Spanish: A través de la historia de un personaje entrañable que es testigo de los acontecimien...(展开全部)

A radiant family saga set in a century of Mexican history, by one of the world's greatest writers. Carlos Fuentes's hope-filled new novel sees the twentieth century through the eyes of Laura D'az, a woman who becomes as much a part of our history as of the Mexican history she observes and helps to create. Born in 1898, this extraordinary woman grows into a wife and mother, bec...(展开全部)

Laura Diaz is a passionated character, intimately connected to many historical events. Through her story, Carlos Fuentes writes the journal of the Mexican twentieth century, supporting his novel with facts and characters that define the shape of today's Mexico. Description in Spanish: A través de la historia de un personaje entrañable que es testigo de los acontecimien...(展开全部)