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Sixteen years after she last set foot in the picturesque village of
Howling, Flora Poste--the disobedient yet charming protagonist of
"Cold Comfort Farm"--returns to the fray to help her relatives, the
troubled Starkadders, who own Cold Comfort Farm. Their farm has
been restored as a museum, decorated in false English country
style, and has become the venue for a conference of the
International Thinkers Group, which includes ineffable painters,
insufferable sculptors, eccentric Eastern sages, and a whole
plethora of intellectuals whose greatest obsession is annoying and
shocking the locals. A satire on the stiff and pretentious English
art establishment, this sequel lives up to the audacious and
intelligent humor of its predecessor. "Dieciseis anos despues de la
ultima vez que estuvo en el pintoresco pueblo de Howling, Flora
Poste--la discola y encantadora protagonista de "La hija de Robert
Poste"--vuelve a la carga para socorrer a sus familiares, los
atribulados Starkadder, propietarios de la granja de Cold Comfort.
La finca ha sido rehabilitada como un museo, decorado en falso
estilo rustico ingles, y se ha convertido en el lugar de reunion de
una conferencia del Grupo de Expertos Internacionales, entre los
que se cuentan pintores inefables, escultores insufribles, sabios
orientales excentricos y toda una pletora de intelectuales
fastidiosos cuya maxima obsesion es dejar pasmados a los lugarenos.
Una satira sobre el frio y presuntuoso establecimiento artistico
ingles, esta secuela esta a la altura del humor inteligente y
descarado de su antecesora."
In this classic tale, Flora Poste, orphaned at 19, chooses to live
with relatives at Cold Comfort Farm in Sussex, where cows are named
Feckless, Aimless, Pointless, and Graceless. The proprietors, the
dour Starkadder family, are tyrannized by Flora's mysterious aunt,
who controls the household from a locked room. Flora's confident
and clever management of an alarming cast of eccentrics--from the
mad woman in the attic to the peasants with their West Country
accents and mystical herbs--provides a satirical look at a dark,
rural scene. "En este cuento clasico, Flora Poste, huerfana a los
19 anos, decide vivir con familiares en Cold Comfort Farm en
Sussex, donde las vacas se llaman Casquivana, Desnortada, Ociosa y
Desgarbada. Los propietarios, la familia adusta Starkadder, son
tiranizados por la misteriosa tia de Flora, que controla la casa
desde una habitacion cerrada con llave. Las gestiones seguras e
inteligentes de Flora de un elenco alarmante de excentricos--desde
la loca en el desvan hasta los campesinos con sus acentos de West
Country y hierbas misticas--proporcionan una mirada satirica a una
escena rural oscura."
This chilling fictionalized account starkly describes the horrific
events that coincided with the Great Plague that struck London in
1665. With surgical precision, this book becomes witness to the
most heroic and most selfish human behavior and includes episodes
ranging from the emotional to the terrifying. This extraordinary
examination includes vivid detail of the rising death toll and the
transformation of the city as its citizens flee and those who
remain live in fear and despair. The stories of appalling human
suffering and grief give this dramatic narrative its compelling
historical veracity. "Este relato escalofriante de ficcion
descarnadamente describe los terribles acontecimientos que
coincidieron con la gran peste que azoto a Londres en 1665. Con
precision quirurgica, este libro se convierte en testigo de la
conducta humana mas heroica y mas egoista e incluye episodios desde
lo emocional hasta lo aterrador. Este examen extraordinario incluye
vividos detalles de la cifra de muertos en aumento y la
transformacion de la ciudad mientras sus ciudadanos huyen y los que
quedan viven en el temor y la desesperacion. Las historias de
sufrimiento humano y el dolor atroz dan a esta narracion dramatica
su veracidad historica convincente."
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."
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