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"Aprovéchate de mí" de Xóchitl Lagunes es la novela ganadora del Premio Nacional de Novela Joven José Revueltas 2020. La novela, narrada en primera persona por el protagonista, Santi, cuenta con doce capítulos, todos titulados como canciones de Café Tacuba. Se trata de una novela gay de aprendizaje sobre una primera relación con alguien veinte años mayor. La voz del narrador es verosímil y da cuenta de un mundo, el del extrarradio de la Ciudad de México, con sus propias reglas.

Se puede sobrevivir a la infancia, pero deberás pasar toda la vida intentando convivir con el dolor de esas heridas. Y, si no, que se lo pregunten a Tomás Yagüe, un hombre gay de cincuenta y dos años que no ha podido evitar construir su biografía a partir del rechazo, el silencio y la falta de comprensión de su entorno frente al acoso escolar y el maltrato que sufrió de niño.

A punto de cumplir 30 años, Simón se traslada a vivir a Nueva York con muchas ilusiones, algunos remilgos y poco dinero. Con su labor de periodista como arma para codearse con las altas esferas y su perfil en Grindr como llave para divertirse con las bajas, Simón conocerá también a sus amigos Carlos y Tomás, cómplices en las mieles del hedonismo y los sinsabores de la emigración. Un camino luminoso de placer y sensibilidad en una ciudad donde el costumbrismo es sinónimo de frenesí y la infinidad de estímulos se parece quizá demasiado a la soledad.

Mage Errant: Publisher's Pack contains books one and two of the Mage Errant series: Into the Labyrinth and Jewel of the Endless Erg. Hugh of Emblin is, so far as he's concerned, the worst student that the Academy at Skyhold has ever seen. He can barely cast any spells at all, and those he does cast tend to fail explosively.

En el auge de su madurez, Helena Artigas busca cumplir su más grande sueño: obtener un doctorado. Para ello debe viajar a Madrid a cursar el último semestre en la Universidad Complutense. A pesar de la resistencia familiar, está decidida a lograrlo. Durante la travesía, los objetos más preciados que posee caerán en manos de un extraño. Poco se imagina que ese contratiempo será el inicio de un viaje no sólo a otro país, sino a lo más íntimo y auténtico de su ser y sus anhelos.

It turns out that surviving the depths of the labyrinth and helping stop a coup both tend to attract notice. If Hugh had his way, he'd happily go back to being just another anonymous student. He has more than enough to deal with already as he starts his second year, between his crushing load of schoolwork, training as a prospective candidate to the Librarians Errant, and navigating a long distance relationship.

Mario, hipnotizado por un mago procede contra su voluntad: el pequeno senor Friedemann, un lisiado que ha logrado adaptarse a la vida, hasta que una coqueta despierta en el deseos que habia logrado reprimir y el ansia vital de la otra historia, son muestra de la brillantez del gran autor y Fono-Libros presenta orgullosamente estas obras maestras.

BRIAR - I was infatuated with Asher Kelley the moment he came tumbling through my brother’s window five years ago. Even bruised and bloodied, he was the most beautiful boy I'd ever seen. We couldn't ever be together. I was too young, and he was too untouchable. He was too troubled, and I was too naive. ASHER - I was drawn to Briar Vale from the first time she looked up at me with stars in her blue eyes. We could never be together. I was too old and she was too off limits....

Oliver es un niño huérfano que pasa sus primeros años en el asilo de la señora Mann. Al igual que el resto de los niños en el orfanato, Oliver sufre hambre continuamente. Los niños deciden entonces jugar a quién de ellos pedirá más comida y Oliver resulta ser el elegido. Debido a este episodio es tachado de problemático y es ofrecido como aprendiz a cualquiera que lo quiera contratar. Al poco tiempo, tras una pelea, Oliver decide escapar a Londres. En las afueras de la ciudad, cansado y hambriento, conoce a Jack Dawkins (El Pillastre), quien le ofrece un lugar donde hospedarse en Londres.

"Chiamami col tuo nome" è il racconto dell'attrazione improvvisa e travolgente che sboccia tra due ragazzi, il diciassettenne Elio, figlio di un professore universitario, in vacanza con la famiglia nella loro villa in Riviera e un giovane ospite, invitato per l'estate, il ventiquattrenne Oliver, che sta lavorando alla sua tesi postdottorato. Quell'estate della metà degli anni Ottanta viene rievocata, a distanza di vent'anni, dal più giovane dei protagonisti.

Virginia acaba de ganar el torneo Roland Garrros y busca refugio en el pueblecito donde vive su abuela. La euforia del triunfo ha dado paso al miedo al futuro que le preparan su padre y su entrenador, un futuro de lucha constante por el éxito y expuesto a las miradas de todos. Virginia quiere ser ella misma, elegir su camino, vivir como corresponde a su edad, descubrir el amor...aún a costa de renunciar al tenis.

Durante mucho tiempo tuve la costumbre de planificar mi vida, de visualizarme en cada una de las etapas y de intentar llegar a ellas con la mayor rapidez posible sin darme la oportunidad de disfrutarlas. Hasta que, en tan solo media hora, comprendí que estaba muy equivocada viviendo en el futuro y tuve que aprender, de la peor manera, a disfrutar del presente.

En el «calor sofocante de la Newark ecuatorial» una espantosa epidemia causa estragos y amenaza con dejar a los niños de la ciudad de Nueva Jersey mutilados, paralizados o minusválidos, e incluso con matarlos. Este es el sorprendente tema de la nueva y desgarradora obra de Roth: una epidemia de polio que tiene lugar en un tiempo de guerra, el verano de 1944, y sus efectos sobre la comunidad de Newark, regida por la cohesión y los valores de la familia, y sobre sus niños.

I wouldn't say I ran away exactly - 22 is too old for that. I'd call it self-preservation. I have one objective: protect my heart from the boy next door who has no clue I've loved him my whole life, even with a front row seat to his revolving bedroom door. My escape plan almost worked. Except I left one thing behind. Logan Carter hijacked my heart, and it's time to get it back. This time for good.

In un luogo fatto di polvere, dove ogni cosa ha un soprannome, dove il quartiere in cui sono nati e cresciuti è chiamato "la Fortezza", Beatrice e Alfredo sono per tutti "i gemelli". I due però non hanno in comune il sangue, ma qualcosa di più profondo. A legarli è un'amicizia ruvida come l'intonaco sbrecciato dei palazzi in cui abitano, nata quando erano bambini e sopravvissuta a tutto ciò che di oscuro la vita può regalare.

Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to become Southern California’s first giraffes. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow.

A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.

Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God’s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design.

Nei primi anni ottanta, nella severa Ashdown vive un gruppo di studenti: Gregory, che studia medicina e ha la mania di spiare il sonno altrui; Veronica, una lesbica volitiva, ultrapoliticizzata e appassionata di teatro; Terry, che dorme quattordici ore al giorno e da sveglio sogna di girare un film che richiederà cinquant'anni di riprese; Robert, romantico studente di lettere, che scrive poesie d'amore per Sarah; e Sarah, appunto, intorno alla quale girano le vicende di tutti gli altri. Dodici anni dopo, Ashdown è diventata una clinica dove si cura la narcolessia.

In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the man they both love, only for Nuri to discover a silence he cannot break and unimaginable secrets his father never wanted him to know.