Títulos en Psicológica

"La paura finisce dove comincia la verità". Maria Cristina Palma ha una vita all’apparenza perfetta, è bella, ricca, famosa, il mondo gira intorno a lei. Poi, un giorno, riceve sul cellulare un video che cambia tutto. Nel suo passato c’è un segreto con cui non ha fatto i conti. Come un moderno alienista Niccolò Ammaniti disseziona la mente di una donna, ne esplora le paure, le ossessioni, i desideri inconfessabili in un romanzo che unisce spericolata fantasia, realismo psicologico, senso del tragico e incanto del paradosso.

A Madrid vive una famiglia come tante: una madre vedova ormai anziana, tre figli adulti. La madre fra poco compirà ottant’anni e, per l’occasione, l’unico figlio maschio vuole organizzare un pranzo che riunisca tutti. Ma le sorelle non ci stanno: ha forse dimenticato che non si parlano più da mesi? In effetti, a ben guardare la situazione è tutt’altro che idilliaca.

Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between 19th- and 20th-century fiction and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence.

Esteban Sotomayor va por la vida seguro, todo lo confiado que puede estarlo alguien entrado en la mediana edad que ha conseguido convertirse no solo en un hombre de negocios exitoso y adinerado, sino además en un personaje acostumbrado a someter al mundo a su voluntad. Pero, lo sabemos, la vida nos da sorpresas, de las buenas y las malas, que nos obligan a replantearlo todo.

The chilling conclusion to the #1 bestseller The Magpies. Twelve months ago, Jamie Knight walked straight into Lucy Newton’s trap. Both Jamie and his ex-wife Kirsty barely survived. Now, with the police investigation into Lucy’s disappearance going nowhere, Jamie teams up with a true crime podcaster to track down his nemesis. But can Jamie persuade Kirsty to help? Can Kirsty forgive him for his past mistakes? And who, if anyone, will survive the final showdown?

On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old investigation, when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file and is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal and dark secrets. But Karen is already grappling with another case, one with even more questions and fewer answers. A skeleton has been discovered in an abandoned camper van and all clues point to a killer who never faced justice - a killer who is still out there.

The novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy was published in 1886 and is considered a masterpiece of his late-period fiction. It tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia. He lives a simple, carefree life with his family until he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Confined to bed, he is disgusted that his family avoids the subject of his death by pretending that he is only sick and not dying. He finds comfort only in Gerasim, the peasant boy who does not fear death.

Este volumen reúne todos los cuentos y textos breves escritos por la autora a lo largo de los años, donde va dando cuenta de los temas que siempre le interesan: los secretos familiares, las cosas no dichas, los silencios, las relaciones de pareja y entre padres e hijos, las dificultades de comunicación en nuestra sociedad, los miedos que se ocultan en todas las personas, y también los miedos que afloran sorpresivamente y nos llevan a situaciones impensadas.

Plou, plou de manera constant. Miquel Gironès té seixanta-quatre anys i fa molt temps que viu sol. És gras, i els divendres al vespre sempre torna cansat a casa. D'ençà que se li va morir la dona, el carrer on viu ha canviat profundament i ell ja no entén el món que l'envolta. Abans era el perfecte intermediari comercial, elegant, àgil, amb sentit de l'humor, i en canvi ara és feixuc i lent. Li costa pujar i baixar l'escala de casa. Ajagut al llit, adora evocar l'Ester, la mare, el pare, que era metge i també va morir fa anys.

Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work - and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some 20 years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured - miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer - and is himself a philosophical counselor in training. 

While on vacation in India, Trina Holmgard meets and marries Sam, a poor but charming man. She returns home to New York to arrange his entry into the US and leaves him with her heirloom locket as a pledge of her commitment. But as time passes, she begins to question his motives. Does he really love her or is it life in America that he wants? Deciding she has been deceived, Trina cuts off all contact and marries another man. Driven by rage when he realizes his dreams have been shattered, Sam dedicates his life to getting revenge. But, how far will he go?

Este es un relato introspectivo y conmovedor que profundiza en las complicadas relaciones entre las posesiones materiales y su influencia en las vidas y relaciones humanas. A través de una narrativa delicada y reflexiva, explora cómo los objetos que acumulamos pueden llegar a definirnos y, a veces, a dominarnos. En este cuento, los personajes se encuentran atrapados en una lucha interna entre el deseo de simplicidad y la carga de sus "cosas", lo que les lleva a cuestionar lo que verdaderamente valoran en la vida.

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Cuando Carl Gustav Gruber descubre que tiene cáncer y que pronto morirá, decide filmar la que será su última película. El director alemán, afincado en México, elige a nueve actores inexpertos con el objetivo de explotar sus características psicológicas. En este microcosmos que retoma el Juicio Final como tema central del filme, y del libro de Volpi, los protagonistas conocerán hasta qué extremos son capaces de llegar.

Il 26 marzo 1938 si perdono le tracce del fisico siciliano Ettore Majorana in viaggio per Palermo. Gli inquirenti vogliono credere che si tratti di suicidio o volontaria fuga dal mondo. Che il genio abbia intuito terribili destini nel futuro della scienza? Su questo interrogativo Sciascia costruisce uno dei suoi libri più intensi per la capacità di immedesimazione in un personaggio estremamente complesso.

Muy raramente surge una novela que suscite un entusiasmo tan unánime como esta tercera obra de ficción de la escritora finlandesa Sofi Oksanen, joven prodigio de la narrativa nórdica. Merecedora de los premios más importantes de su país -el Mika Waltari, el Finlandia, el Runeberg-, así como del renombrado Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico, Purga ha sido el libro revelación en Francia, donde se han vendido más de doscientos mil ejemplares y ha obtenido el prestigioso Premio Femina de literatura extranjera. Por último, fue galardonada con el Premio a la Mejor Novela Europea del Año 2010.

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic...

When Emma joins her new boyfriend Michael for a ‘Friendmas’ in the Alps, she’s quickly thrust into an exclusive world of privilege, partying, and politics. Emma can't ski and is out of place among the close-knit group, but she's determined to win them over. Without the usual headache of extended family members, Brussels sprouts, and unwanted gifts, the group turn back the clock and unwind with wild abandon. As a storm gathers outside, the friends begin to re-trace their past, prodding at memories and feelings that have long been buried.

Cuatro hermanos, dos casas de verano en Hvaler y un terrible secreto. El reparto de la herencia familiar se convertirá en un tema de desencuentro. La aparente disputa entre los hermanos por las propiedades encierra algo mucho más profundo: los fantasmas del pasado regresan y lo que...

Claudia è solitaria ma sicura di sé, stravagante, si veste da uomo. Francesco è acceso e frenato da una fede dogmatica e al tempo stesso incerta. Lei lo provoca: lo sai che tua madre e mio padre sono amanti? Ma negli occhi di quel ragazzo remissivo intravede una scintilla in cui si riconosce. Da quel momento non si lasciano più. A Claudia però la provincia sta stretta, fugge appena può, prima Londra, poi Milano e infine Berlino, la capitale europea della trasgressione; Francesco resta fermo e scava dentro di sé.