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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1973, this novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva, a middle-aged woman who travels to New Orleans to take over for her father, a retired judge who has to undergo surgery. "Ganadora del Premio Pulitzer en 1973, esta novela narra la historia de Laurel McKelva, una mujer de mediana edad que viaja a Nueva Orleans para ayudar a su padre, un juez jubilado recien operado."
Bold and raunchy, subtle and surprising, this collection of tall tales gathers stories of compassionate bandits, cruel widows, and vindictive ladies, delicate stories of blood and honor. "Audaz y carnal, sutil y sorprendente, esta coleccion de cuentos chinos reune historias de bandidos compasivos, de viudas crueles, de damas vengativas, delicadas historias de honor y sangre."
During the Nazi occupation of Holland Turing World War II, Jewish writer Marga Minco's parents and siblings were deported to concentration camps. None returned. In her first novel, Minco evokes with simplicity and distance her memories from the years during the war: the night her family gathered to sew the cloth stars to their coats that would identify them as Jewish, the day the recruitment order for the work camp came in, and the police raids that emptied whole streets. "Durante la ocupacion nazi de Holanda en la segunda guerra mundial, los padres y los hermanos de la escritora judia Marga Minco fueron deportados a campos de concentracion. Ninguno regreso. En su primera novela Minco evoca con sencillez y distanciamiento sus recuerdos de los anos de la guerra: la noche en que toda la familia se reunio para coser en los abrigos las estrellas de tela que los identificaban como judios, el dia que llego la orden de reclutamiento para el campo de trabajo y las redadas que vaciaban calles enteras. "
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