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Eduardo Lago

    Eduardo Lago crafts narratives that delve into the complexities of human consciousness and the intellectual landscape of modern existence. His prose, often set against the vibrant backdrop of New York, explores themes of identity, memory, and artistic pursuit with a distinctive, sophisticated style. Lago masterfully weaves intricate plotlines with rich metaphorical layers, drawing readers into his profoundly layered worlds. His literary significance lies in his unique perspective on contemporary life and his ability to articulate its essential subtleties.

    The Driver's Seat
    Drown
    Llámame Brooklyn
    • Llámame Brooklyn

      Premio Nadal 2006

      • 396 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Un periodista del New York Post recibe la noticia de que su amigo Gal Ackerman, veinticinco años mayor que él, ha muerto. El suceso le obliga a cumplir un pacto tácito: rescatar de entre los centenares de cuadernos abandonados por Ackerman en un motel de Brooklyn, una novela a medio terminar. El frustrado anhelo de su autor era llegar a una sola lectora, Nadia Orlov, de quien hace años que nadie ha vuelto a saber nada. Llámame Brooklyn es una historia de amor, amistad y soledad, es un canto al misterio y el poder de la palabra escrita. Una novela caleidoscópica en la que, como en un rompecabezas, se construye un artefacto literario insólito en la tradición literaria española.

      Llámame Brooklyn
    • Drown

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      4.0(32974)Add rating

      Junot Diaz made his remarkable debut as a writer with this collection of stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey. The stories are all unflinching and strong and Diaz's prose crackles with an electric sense of discovery. In 'Ysrael', two brothers hunt a disfigured boy who hides behind a mask; in 'No Face', the mirror is flipped and the perspective belongs to the tormented. In 'Fiesta 1980', a spirited family gathering plays against the noiseless hum of a father's infidelities. In 'Boyfriend', a young man eavesdrops on the woman next door and colours in the life overheard with his own intense longing. There is an urgency and clarity to these beautifully crafted stories that renders them entirely of the moment. Diaz has veered off the well-travelled roads of contemporary fiction and captured a range of experience previously uncharted and now emphatically his own.

      Drown
    • The Driver's Seat

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      3.8(247)Add rating

      Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance.

      The Driver's Seat