Collection: Language Learning Fiction

1945, a man was led by his father to a mysterious hidden place in the heart of the old city: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. There, Daniel Sempere finds a tainted book that will change the tone of his life and will lead him to a labyrinth of intrigues and secrets entered into the dark soul...

C'est une histoire d'amour, de vie et de mort entre un homme et son bouvier bernois, Ubac, qui, en même temps qu'il grandit, prend une place toujours plus centrale dans le quotidien du narrateur. Certaines pages, Ubac pue le chien, les suivantes, on oublie qu'il en est un, et l'on observe ces deu...

This tells the story of Onofrio Maneggioni, an important businessman, who is kidnapped one morning in front of his villa. At least that's what it is reported on the television, and so everyone thinks this is what happened. In truth, behind the kidnapping, the past of the businessman hides, a past...

Pereira, a lonely widower and editor at a minor Lisbon newspaper, just wants a quiet life -- even as the shadow of Fascism lengthens over Portugal. But when he meets the young firebrand Monteiro Rossi, Pereira finds himself waking up to what is happening in his country. Unable to stay quiet any l...

Milo a grandi dans l'amour de l'art et aime partager sa passion avec ses camarades. Il fait un exposé sur le musée du Louvres, illustré de photographies. Sur certaines d'entre elles, la silhouette d'une souris semble observer le jeune garçon.

Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is a police officer in Paris. His nonchalant behaviour upsets many of his subordinates and chiefs as much as it pleases the others. He often finds key clues in his dreams; yet this will be his undoing soon.

Contains eight short stories by twentieth-century Spanish-speaking authors including Jorge Luis Borges and Juan Rulfo, presented in side-by-side Spanish and English.

This second volume of short stories contains more diverse and lively writing from the Spanish-speaking world. These stories explores stylistic contrasts and gives an insight into the cultural and social milieu of the Spanish-speaking world.

Dans une galerie d'art, Alex Leroc fait la connaissance d'Aloa, une chanteuse, ex top-modele. Elle deteste les journalistes mais elle promet une interview a Alex.. A une condition: il doit decouvrir l'identite d'un homme qui a vendu a la chanteuse des statues sans valeur: Grace a Pol Klein, l'ins...

This volume featuring the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and driv...