La muerte en sus manos
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Barcelona : Alfaguara, 2021.
Edition
Primera edicion en castellano: abril de 2021.
ISBN
8420456063, 9788420456065
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224 pages ; 24 cm.
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BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY - Spanish Fiction
SP MOSHFEG
1 available
EPHRATA PUBLIC LIBRARY - Spanish Fiction
SP MOSHFEG
1 available
MOSES LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY - Spanish Fiction
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Published
Barcelona : Alfaguara, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
Primera edicion en castellano: abril de 2021.
Language
Spanish
ISBN
8420456063, 9788420456065

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De uno de nuestros talentos literarios mas incesantemente provocativos, una novela de suspenso metafisico inquietante sobre una viuda anciana cuya vida se da un vuelco cuando encuentra una nota criptica en un paseo por el bosque que finalmente la hace cuestionar todo sobre su nuevo hogar. En el paseo diario con su perro por los bosques cercanos, nuestra protagonista se encuentra con una nota, escrita a mano y cuidadosamente clavada en el suelo con un marco de piedras. Su nombre era Magda. Nadie sabra nunca quien la mato. No fui yo. Aqui esta su cadaver. Nuestro narrador esta profundamente conmovido; no tiene idea de que hacer con esto. Ella es nueva en esta area, se mudo aqui desde su hogar desde hace mucho tiempo despues de la muerte de su esposo, y conoce a muy pocas personas. Y esta un poco temblorosa incluso en sus mejores dias. Su cavilacion sobre esta nota rapidamente se convierte en una obsesion en toda regla, y comienza a dedicarse a explorar las posibilidades de sus conjeturas sobre quien era esta mujer y como conocio su destino. Sus suposiciones comienzan a encontrar ecos en el mundo real, y con creciente entusiasmo y pavor, la niebla del misterio comienza a tomar una forma concreta y amenazante. Pero a medida que la seguimos en su investigacion, comienzan a acumularse extranas disonancias y nuestra fe en su control de la realidad se debilita, hasta que finalmente, justo cuando parece estar enfrentando algo de la oscuridad en su propio pasado con su difunto esposo, estamos forzado a enfrentar la perspectiva de que hay una explicacion mas inocente para todo esto o una mucho mas siniestra, una que golpea mas cerca de casa. Una combinacion triunfal de horror, suspenso y comedia negra como boca de lobo, Death in Her Hands nos pide que consideremos como las historias que nos contamos nos acercan a la verdad y nos mantienen a raya. Una vez mas, estamos en manos de un narrador cuya falta de fiabilidad esta bien ganada, solo que esta vez lo que esta en juego nunca ha sido tan grande.
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From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds a cryptic note on a walk in the woods that ultimately makes her question everything about her new home While on her normal daily walk with her dog in the nearby forest woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with a frame of stones. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area, having moved here from her longtime home after the death of her husband, and she knows very few people. And she's a little shaky even on her best days. Her brooding about this note quickly grows into a full-blown obsession, and she begins to devote herself to exploring the possibilities of her conjectures about who this woman was and how she met her fate. Her suppositions begin to find echoes in the real world, and with mounting excitement and dread, the fog of mystery starts to form into a concrete and menacing shape. But as we follow her in her investigation, strange dissonances start to accrue, and our faith in her grip on reality weakens, until finally, just as she seems to be facing some of the darkness in her own past with her late husband, we are forced to face the prospect that there is either a more innocent explanation for all this or a much more sinister one--one that strikes closer to home. A triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, Death in Her Hands asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both guide us closer to the truth and keep us at bay from it. Once again, we are in the hands of a narrator whose unreliability is well earned, only this time the stakes have never been higher.
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Text in Spanish, translated from the English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Moshfegh, O., Perez Parra, I. C., & Grisham, J. (2021). La muerte en sus manos (Primera edicion en castellano: abril de 2021.). Alfaguara.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moshfegh, Ottessa, Inmaculada C., Perez Parra and John. Grisham. 2021. La Muerte En Sus Manos. Alfaguara.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moshfegh, Ottessa, Inmaculada C., Perez Parra and John. Grisham. La Muerte En Sus Manos Alfaguara, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Moshfegh, Ottessa,, Inmaculada C. Perez Parra, and John Grisham. La Muerte En Sus Manos Primera edicion en castellano: abril de 2021., Alfaguara, 2021.

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