Resultados de "Silvia Moreno-Garcia" en Todas las categorias

La autora de Gótico presenta una nueva novela protagonizada por tres mujeres, tres épocas y una misma sombra. «Cuando yo era joven, todavía había brujas». Así comenzaba siempre Nana Alba las historias que le contaba a su nieta Minerva. Quizá por eso Minerva se convirtió en estudiante de...

Un relato de la autora de Gótico. Amelia sueña con Marte. El Marte de las películas y la imaginación, un bastión interminable de oportunidades para un colono con agallas. Pero está atrapada en Ciudad de México, soportando la monotonía de una metrópolis desagradable, trabajando como...

She is the adventurer of the family. Her brother, the gentle dreamer. Even as they bond over folktales and hold each other close, their world has never felt so dangerous. Revolutionaries and pelones are in conflict, soldiers have turned into scavengers, and an escaped tiger has slipped up the mountain, looking for easy prey. As the darkest of legends becomes real, a young girl will do anything to save her brother’s life.

A collection of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's short stories, including Prime Meridian and The Return of the Sorcerers or the Diamond Heart.    

When nature gets up close and personal, it isn’t always pretty. A fallen tree sparks a poisonous feud between neighbors. A child searches the darkness for the gleam of a tiger’s teeth. A woman holds off a colony of oddly relentless prairie dogs. In unsettling stories that range from horror to magical realism, award-winning authors lay bare the secrets hidden in the land.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a sweeping romance with a dash of magic. They are the Beautiful Ones, Loisail’s most notable socialites, and this spring is Nina’s chance to join their ranks, courtesy of her well-connected cousin and his calculating wife...

From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic, comes Certain Dark Things, a pulse-pounding neo-noir that reimagines vampire lore. Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive...

Bedrohliche Séancen hochentzündliche Filmrollen und ein untoter Okkultist der Nazis – und mittendrin eine ungewöhnliche Protagonistin mit einer Vorliebe für Horrorfilme. Die kluge Montserrat schlägt sich als Außenseiterin in einer Männerdomäne durch: im mexikanischen Filmbusiness. Der einzige Mensch der ihr lieb und teuer ist ist ihr Jugendfreund Tristán der als Soap-Darsteller unter Auftragsarmut leidet. Als sie und Tristán das Angebot bekommen einen nie produzierten legendären Horrorfilm zu vollenden schlagen sie ein.

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine—but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. “Whenever I want to read a book I know...

Mexiko, 1950. Ein verstörender Brief führt die junge Noemí in das entlegene Herrenhaus High Place in den mexikanischen Bergen: Ihre frisch vermählte Cousine Catalina behauptet, ihr Mann Virgil Doyle wolle sie vergiften. Das Ansehen der englischen Familie Doyle ist längst verblasst und ihr Herrenhaus zu einem düsteren Ort geworden. Doch Noemí hat keine Angst – weder vor dem eitlen Ehegatten ihrer Cousine noch vor Howard Doyle, dem widerwärtigen Familienoberhaupt. Aber als Noemí herausfindet, was auf High Place vor sich geht, ist es zu spät: Sie ist längst in einem Netz aus Gewalt und Wahnsinn gefangen.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. 'The deeply atmospheric novel blends horror, science fiction, and historical events' Time, 100...

'One of the best books I've read in years' - VE Schwab, author of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops...

When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin begging to be rescued from a mysterious doom, it's clear something is desperately amiss. Catalina has always had a flair for the dramatic, but her claims that her husband is poisoning her and her visions of restless ghosts seem remarkable, even for her. Noemí's chic gowns and perfect lipstick are more suited to cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing, but she immediately heads to High Place, a remote mansion in the Mexican countryside, determined to discover what is so affecting her cousin.