books tagged “love story”

›
› Find signed collectible books by ''

English

via
Besessen
by A. S. Byatt

ISBN 3518388762 (3-518-38876-2)
Softcover, Intl Book Import Service

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Besessen'
Book summary:
Frankfurt 1994, ill. kartonierter Originaleinband, 631 Seiten, Kl.-8°, Schnitt leicht gebräunt, ansonsten gutes Exemplar, ungelesen, [via]
More editions of Besessen:
- Besessen: ISBN 3518388762 (3-518-38876-2)
  Softcover, Intl Book Import Service
via
Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel

ISBN 0385721234 (0-385-72123-4)
Softcover, Random House Espanol

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate'
Book summary:
Esta novela, relata las tradiciones y las vivencias de una familia latinoamericana, en la que se viven muchos desengaños y desobediencias. La hija menor, Tita, está condenada a cuidar a su madre hasta que esta muera, olvidándose así de conocer lo que es el amor y el matrimonio. Su novio, Pedro , no contento con tener que resignarse a estar sin su querida, se casa con la hermana de esta para así poder vivir junto a ella, y verla siempre, sin pensar que su madre, Mamá Elena no lo permitirá. A parte de este gran problema surgirán otros, así como también historias divertidas y buenos ratos. En Como agua para chocolate las relaciones son complejas y desarrolladas bajo signos opuestos, en ocasiones irreconciliables. Aparece una fuerte rivalidad entre hermanas, el choque fraternal queda signado en la relación entre Rosaura y Tita, metaforizada en el contacto «del agua en aceite hirviendo». Desde niñas muestran naturalezas diferentes: Tita hace de la cocina su universo propio, su lugar de juegos y su modo de vida, mientras que Rosaura no tiene sazón, es torpe para cocinar y melindrosa para comer. Pero será en su juventud cuando estas diferencias se acentúen y culminen con la traición de Rosaura al casarse con el novio de su hermana. De ahí nació la aversión de Nacha para con Rosaura y la rivalidad entre las dos hermanas, que culmina con esa boda en la que Rosaura se casa con el hombre que Tita ama. [via]
More editions of Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate:
- Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate: ISBN 0385721234 (0-385-72123-4)
  Softcover, Random House Espanol
via
El amor en los tiempos del colera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

ISBN 9681315472 (968-13-1547-2)
Softcover, Editorial Diana S.A. De C.V.

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'El amor en los tiempos del colera'
Book summary:
La historia de amor entre Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza, en el escenario de un pueblecito portuario del Caribe y a lo largo de mas de sesenta anos, podria parecer un melodrama de amantes contrariados que al final vencen por la gracia del tiempo y la fuerza de sus propios sentimientos, ya que Garcia Marquez se complace en utilizar los mas clasicos recursos de los folletines tradicionales. Pero este tiempo -por una vez sucesivo, y no circular-, este escenario y estos personajes son como una mezcla tropical de plantas y arcillas que la mano del maestro modela y fantasea a su placer, para al final ir a desembocar en los territorios del mito y la leyenda. Los zumos, olores y sabores del tropico alimentan una prosa alucinatoria que en esta ocasion llega al puerto oscilante del final feliz. [via]
More editions of El amor en los tiempos del colera:
- El amor en los tiempos del colera: ISBN 9681315472 (968-13-1547-2)
  Softcover, Editorial Diana S.A. De C.V.
via
El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera / Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

ISBN 987113813X (987-1138-13-X)
Softcover, Random House Espanol

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera / Love in the Time of Cholera'
Book summary:
La historia de amor entre Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza, en el escenario de un pueblecito portuario del Caribe y a lo largo de mas de sesenta anos, podria parecer un melodrama de amantes contrariados que al final vencen por la gracia del tiempo y la fuerza de sus propios sentimientos, ya que Garcia Marquez se complace en utilizar los mas clasicos recursos de los folletines tradicionales. Pero este tiempo -por una vez sucesivo, y no circular-, este escenario y estos personajes son como una mezcla tropical de plantas y arcillas que la mano del maestro modela y fantasea a su placer, para al final ir a desembocar en los territorios del mito y la leyenda. Los zumos, olores y sabores del tropico alimentan una prosa alucinatoria que en esta ocasion llega al puerto oscilante del final feliz. [via]
More editions of El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera / Love in the Time of Cholera:
- El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera / Love in the Time of Cholera: ISBN 8439703856 (84-397-0385-6)
  Softcover, Random House Mondadori
- El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera / Love in the Time of Cholera: ISBN 987113813X (987-1138-13-X)
  Softcover, Random House Espanol
via
Emma
by Jane Austen

ISBN 1420922246 (1-4209-2224-6)
Softcover, Digireads.Com

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'
Book summary:
Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
More editions of Emma:
via
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

ISBN 1874166676 (1-874166-67-6)
Softcover, Totem Books

Find This Book

Book summary:
F. Scott Fitzgerald has become something of a defining figure of the twenties - the decade he so famously described as 'The Jazz Age'. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's writing is at its finest, exposing a society's tendency towards decadence and moral collapse through a decade of hedonism. Regarded as the most searching and tightly written of his novels, The Great Gatsby was the work that assured Fitzgerald's place amongst the major writers of the twentieth century. In this Readers' Guide, Nicolas Tredell introduces and sets in context the key critical debates surrounding a novel about which more critical material exists than any other work of American fiction. The extracts and essays included here reflect on The Great Gatsby's place as one of the first American novels to make significant use of modernist techniques, and explore the influence of the work on later American writings. Considering secondary sources from the Twenties to the present, the Guide offers readers an invaluable resource for the study of this complex rendering of a moment in American history. [via]
More editions of F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby:
- F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby: ISBN 1874166676 (1-874166-67-6)
  Softcover, Totem Books
via
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

ISBN 1551113945 (1-55111-394-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Gatsby'
Book summary:
The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that takes place from spring to autumn 1922, during the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition. [via]
More editions of The Great Gatsby:
via
The Illustrated Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte, Darcy

ISBN 0142005142 (0-14-200514-2)
Softcover, Studio

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Jane Eyre'
Book summary:

A devoted readership will recognize Dame Darcy as the creator of highly original and off-kilter comic books. Here she uses her lavishly detailed illustrations to bring the best-loved Victorian novel Jane Eyre back into the spotlight. Darkly elegant illustrations draw back the novels curtain, revealing the depths of human depravity, despair, and ultimate redemption. Sure to impress traditional fans and newcomers alike, The Illustrated Jane Eyre updates the classic for a new era.

@ToEyreIsHuman Romance, romance, this poppa Rochester wants to get in my pants!

From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less
[via]
More editions of The Illustrated Jane Eyre:
- The Illustrated Jane Eyre: ISBN 0142005142 (0-14-200514-2)
  Softcover, Studio
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte

ISBN 0140366784 (0-14-036678-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'
Book summary:
A new edition of one of Penguin's top ten Classics-the novel that has been "teaching true strength of character for generations"
(The Guardian)

A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. This updated edition features a new introduction discussing the novel's political and magical dimensions.
Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved?

[via]
More editions of Jane Eyre:
via
Jane Eyre
by Margaret Smith, Charlotte Bronte

ISBN 0192833561 (0-19-283356-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'
Book summary:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, orphaned, penniless, victim to a harsh Aunt, and miserable years at Lowood institution finds love as Governess to the sickly Adele, illegitimate daughter of Mr Rocheste. With their wedding interrupted by the sudden intrusion of Rochester's mad Creole wife, inhabitant of the upper regions of Thornfield Hall for years, Jane flees. Nursed from near-death on the moors by the Revd St John Rivers and his 2 sisters, Jane learns both that they are her cousins and that she is the recipient of some money from her Uncle. On the verge of yielding to River's appeal that she marry him, Jane is prevented by a telepathic appeal from Rochester and returns to the Hall to find the building burned, his wife dead and Rochester blinded. Yet marriage seemsaid in the restoration of his sight. [via]
More editions of Jane Eyre:
via
Jane Eyre
by Heather Glen

ISBN 0312165803 (0-312-16580-3)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'
Book summary:
Romantic melodrama or feminist classic, Jane Eyre is one of the most enduringly popular and compelling novels in the literary canon. Overlooked or dismissed by critics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it first began to attract serious critical attention in the 1970s as New Critical, formalist and feminist critics began to re-evaluate Charlotte Bronte's achievement. This New Casebook brings together essays by leading scholars over the past twenty years, mapping Jane Eyre's progress through the literary and theoretical establishment and encouraging the student to consider these different critical approaches and how they shape the novel and our reading of it. [via]
More editions of Jane Eyre:
- Jane Eyre: ISBN 0312165803 (0-312-16580-3)
  Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
via
Jane Eyre
by Unk

ISBN 0194216322 (0-19-421632-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'
Book summary:
This book is intended for Prizes won etc. [via]
More editions of Jane Eyre:
- Jane Eyre: ISBN 0194216322 (0-19-421632-2)
  Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Jane Eyre : Oxford World Classics
by Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing Staff

ISBN 0517606100 (0-517-60610-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre : Oxford World Classics'
More editions of Jane Eyre : Oxford World Classics:
- Jane Eyre : Oxford World Classics: ISBN 0517606100 (0-517-60610-0)
  Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
via
Like Water for Chocolate
by Thomas Christensen, Laura Esquivel, Carol Christensen

ISBN 038542017X (0-385-42017-X)
Softcover, Anchor Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Like Water for Chocolate'
Book summary:
Despite the fact that she has fallen in love with a young man, Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannical rancher, must obey tradition and remain single and at home to care for her mother. Reprint. Movie tie-in. [via]
More editions of Like Water for Chocolate:
- Like Water for Chocolate: ISBN 0385474016 (0-385-47401-6)
  Softcover, Bantam Books
- Like Water for Chocolate: ISBN 038542017X (0-385-42017-X)
  Softcover, Anchor Books
via
Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel, Carol Christensen

ISBN 0385420161 (0-385-42016-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Like Water for Chocolate'
Book summary:
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. The classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef. She shares special points of her favorite preparations with listeners throughout the story. [via]
More editions of Like Water for Chocolate:
- Like Water for Chocolate: ISBN 0385420161 (0-385-42016-1)
  Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
via
Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust
by Neil Gaiman

ISBN 1563894319 (1-56389-431-9)
Hardcover, Dc Comics

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust'
Book summary:
De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cSur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...
Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans [via]
More editions of Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust:
- Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust: ISBN 1563894319 (1-56389-431-9)
  Hardcover, Dc Comics
Silk
by Guido Waldman, Alessandro Baricco

ISBN 186046310X (1-86046-310-X)
Softcover, Harvill Press

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Silk'
More editions of Silk:
- Silk: ISBN 1860462588 (1-86046-258-8)
  Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
- Silk: ISBN 186046310X (1-86046-310-X)
  Softcover, Harvill Press
via
Silk
by Alessandro Baricco

ISBN 1860463665 (1-86046-366-5)
Softcover, Harvill Pr

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Silk'
Book summary:
When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, Herve Joncour leaves his small town and travels to Japan to obtain eggs for a fresh breeding of silk worms. There he falls in love with another man's concubine, and during subsequent visits their secret and silent affair develops. [via]
More editions of Silk:
- Silk: ISBN 1860463665 (1-86046-366-5)
  Softcover, Harvill Pr
via
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman, Charles Vess

ISBN 156389470X (1-56389-470-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardust'
Book summary:
El joven Tristan Thorn está dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para conquistar el frío corazón de su amada Victoría, incluso a prometerle que le conseguirá la estrella que ambos ven caer una noche. Para cumplir su palabra, Tristán deberá cruzar el muro que separa su pueblo del País de las Hadas, un vasto territorio donde nada se parece a lo que él ha conocido, donde ni siquiera las estrellas tienen forma de estrella y donde los duendes y los espectros campan a sus anchas. En ese mágico lugar, el joven no sólo hará cambiar su futuro, sino que también descubrirá cosas de su pasado que no podía imaginar. Con la ayuda de un unicornio, un barco pirata que surca el cielo, un árbol muy sabio y una florecita de cristal... ¿conseguirá Tristan el amor de su dama? / Gaiman, author of a Neverwhere and the graphic novel series ""The Sandman,"" has created an original and well-written fairy tale. Young Tristran Thorn has grown up in the isolated village of Wall, on the edge of the realm of Faerie. When Tristran and the lovely Victoria see a falling star during the special market fair, Victoria impulsively offers him his heart's desire if he will retrieve the star for her. Tristran crosses the border into Faerie and encounters witches, unicorns, and other strange creatures. Library Journal Movie features: Sienna Miller, Rupert Everett, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter O'Toole. [via]
More editions of Stardust:
- Stardust: ISBN 8484313212 (84-8431-321-2)
  Softcover, Norma Editorial Sa
- Stardust: ISBN 156389470X (1-56389-470-X)
  Softcover, Dc Comics
via
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer

ISBN 0316015849 (0-316-01584-9)
Softcover, Megan Tingley Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Twilight'
Book summary:
very light signs of wear on dust jacket [via]
More editions of Twilight:
- Twilight: ISBN 0316160172 (0-316-16017-2)
  Hardcover, Megan Tingley Books
- Twilight: ISBN 0316015849 (0-316-01584-9)
  Softcover, Megan Tingley Books
via
A Walk to Remember
by Nicholas Sparks

ISBN 0375728007 (0-375-72800-7)
Softcover, Random House Large Print

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'A Walk to Remember'
Book summary:
In the prologue to his latest novel, Nicholas Sparks makes the rather presumptuous pledge "first you will smile, and then you will cry," but sure enough, he delivers the goods. With his calculated ability to throw your heart around like a yo-yo (try out his earlier Message in the Bottle or The Notebook if you really want to stick it to yourself), Sparks pulls us back to the perfect innocence of a first love.
In 1958 Landon Carter is a shallow but well-meaning teenager who spends most of his time hanging out with his friends and trying hard to ignore the impending responsibilities of adulthood. Then Landon gets roped into acting the lead in the Christmas play opposite the most renowned goody two-shoes in town: Jamie Sullivan. Against his best intentions and the taunts of his buddies, Landon finds himself falling for Jamie and learning some central lessons in life.
Like John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, Sparks maintains a delicate and rarely seen balance of humor and sentiment. While the plot may not be the most original, this boy-makes-good tearjerker will certainly reel in the fans. Look for a movie starring beautiful people or, better yet, snuggle under the covers with your tissues nearby and let your inner sap run wild. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]
More editions of A Walk to Remember:
via
Water for Elephants: Library Edition
by Sara Gruen

ISBN 1565125606 (1-56512-560-6)
Softcover, Algonquin Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Water for Elephants: Library Edition'
Book summary:
Jacob Jankowski says: "I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other." At the beginning of Water for Elephants, he is living out his days in a nursing home, hating every second of it. His life wasn't always like this, however, because Jacob ran away and joined the circus when he was twenty-one. It wasn't a romantic, carefree decision, to be sure. His parents were killed in an auto accident one week before he was to sit for his veterinary medicine exams at Cornell. He buried his parents, learned that they left him nothing because they had mortgaged everything to pay his tuition, returned to school, went to the exams, and didn't write a single word. He walked out without completing the test and wound up on a circus train. The circus he joins, in Depression-era America, is second-rate at best. With Ringling Brothers as the standard, Benzini Brothers is far down the scale and pale by comparison.
Water for Elephants is the story of Jacob's life with this circus. Sara Gruen spares no detail in chronicling the squalid, filthy, brutish circumstances in which he finds himself. The animals are mangy, underfed or fed rotten food, and abused. Jacob, once it becomes known that he has veterinary skills, is put in charge of the "menagerie" and all its ills. Uncle Al, the circus impresario, is a self-serving, venal creep who slaps people around because he can. August, the animal trainer, is a certified paranoid schizophrenic whose occasional flights into madness and brutality often have Jacob as their object. Jacob is the only person in the book who has a handle on a moral compass and as his reward he spends most of the novel beaten, broken, concussed, bleeding, swollen and hungover. He is the self-appointed Protector of the Downtrodden, and... he falls in love with Marlena, crazy August's wife. Not his best idea.
The most interesting aspect of the book is all the circus lore that Gruen has so carefully researched. She has all the right vocabulary: grifters, roustabouts, workers, cooch tent, rubes, First of May, what the band plays when there's trouble, Jamaican ginger paralysis, life on a circus train, set-up and take-down, being run out of town by the "revenooers" or the cops, and losing all your hooch. There is one glorious passage about Marlena and Rosie, the bull elephant, that truly evokes the magic a circus can create. It is easy to see Marlena's and Rosie's pink sequins under the Big Top and to imagine their perfect choreography as they perform unbelievable stunts. The crowd loves it--and so will the reader. The ending is absolutely ludicrous and really quite lovely. --Valerie Ryan [via]
More editions of Water for Elephants: Library Edition:
- Water for Elephants: Library Edition: ISBN 1565124995 (1-56512-499-5)
  Hardcover, Algonquin Books
- Water for Elephants: Library Edition: ISBN 1565125606 (1-56512-560-6)
  Softcover, Algonquin Books

Spanish

via
El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

ISBN 8401242304 (84-01-24230-4)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera'
Book summary:
La historia de amor entre Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza, en el escenario de un pueblecito portuario del Caribe y a lo largo de mas de sesenta anos, podria parecer un melodrama de amantes contrariados que al final vencen por la gracia del tiempo y la fuerza de sus propios sentimientos, ya que Garcia Marquez se complace en utilizar los mas clasicos recursos de los folletines tradicionales. Pero este tiempo -por una vez sucesivo, y no circular-, este escenario y estos personajes son como una mezcla tropical de plantas y arcillas que la mano del maestro modela y fantasea a su placer, para al final ir a desembocar en los territorios del mito y la leyenda. Los zumos, olores y sabores del tropico alimentan una prosa alucinatoria que en esta ocasion llega al puerto oscilante del final feliz. [via]
More editions of El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera:
- El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera: ISBN 8401242304 (84-01-24230-4)
  Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc
via
El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera/Love in the Times of Anger
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

ISBN 9500703203 (950-07-0320-3)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera/Love in the Times of Anger'
Book summary:
La historia de amor entre Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza, en el escenario de un pueblecito portuario del Caribe y a lo largo de mas de sesenta anos, podria parecer un melodrama de amantes contrariados que al final vencen por la gracia del tiempo y la fuerza de sus propios sentimientos, ya que Garcia Marquez se complace en utilizar los mas clasicos recursos de los folletines tradicionales. Pero este tiempo -por una vez sucesivo, y no circular-, este escenario y estos personajes son como una mezcla tropical de plantas y arcillas que la mano del maestro modela y fantasea a su placer, para al final ir a desembocar en los territorios del mito y la leyenda. Los zumos, olores y sabores del tropico alimentan una prosa alucinatoria que en esta ocasion llega al puerto oscilante del final feliz. [via]
More editions of El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera/Love in the Times of Anger:
- El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera / Love in the Time of Cholera: ISBN 9500726084 (950-07-2608-4)
  Softcover, Random House Mondadori
- El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera/Love in the Times of Anger: ISBN 9500703203 (950-07-0320-3)
  Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
La Boda/ the Wedding
by Nicholas Sparks

ISBN 8496525090 (84-96525-09-0)
Softcover, Roca Editorial

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'La Boda/ the Wedding'
More editions of La Boda/ the Wedding:
- La Boda/ the Wedding: ISBN 8496525090 (84-96525-09-0)
  Softcover, Roca Editorial
via
Como Agua para Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel

ISBN 0385471378 (0-385-47137-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Como Agua para Chocolate'
More editions of Como Agua para Chocolate:
- Como Agua para Chocolate: ISBN 0385471378 (0-385-47137-8)
  Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
via
Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel

ISBN 0385471483 (0-385-47148-3)
Softcover, Random House Espanol

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate'
Book summary:
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. The classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef. She shares special points of her favorite preparations with listeners throughout the story.

The Spanish language edition of the best-selling Like Water For Chocolate is a remarkable success in its own right. Now, in this mass market edition, thousands of new readers will be able to partake in the sumptuous, romantic, and hilarious tale of Tita, the terrific cook with an extra special something in her sauce. [via]
More editions of Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate:
- Como Agua Para Chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate: ISBN 0385471483 (0-385-47148-3)
  Softcover, Random House Espanol
via
LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser
by Milan Kundera, Fernando Valenzuela

ISBN 847223682X (84-7223-682-X)
Softcover, Tusquets Editores

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'La Insoportable Levedad del Ser'
Book summary:
Esta es una extraordinaria historia de amor, o sea de celos, de sexo, de traiciones, de muerte y también de las debilidades y paradojas de la vida cotidiana de dos parejas cuyos destinos se entrelazan irremediablemente. [via]
More editions of LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser:
- LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser: ISBN 9687723017 (968-7723-01-7)
  Hardcover, Oceano De Mexico
- La Insoportable Levedad del Ser: ISBN 847223682X (84-7223-682-X)
  Softcover, Tusquets Editores
via
LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser/the Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera

ISBN 8472232255 (84-7223-225-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser/the Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Book summary:
Esta es una extraordinaria historia de amor, o sea de celos, de sexo, de traiciones, de muerte y también de las debilidades y paradojas de la vida cotidiana de dos parejas cuyos destinos se entrelazan irremediablemente. [via]
More editions of LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser/the Unbearable Lightness of Being:
- LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser/the Unbearable Lightness of Being: ISBN 8472232255 (84-7223-225-5)
  Softcover, Ediciones Urano
via
Posesion/ Possession
by A. S. Byatt

ISBN 8433966855 (84-339-6685-5)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Posesion/ Possession'
Book summary:
Esta extraordinaria novela, cuenta su autora, tiene su remoto origen en las reflexiones que le inspiro una biografa americana de Coleridge que habia dedicado toda su vida al estudio del poeta. Todo empieza con unas cartas robadas. Roland Mitchell, un oscuro graduado en literatura inglesa, descubre entre unos libros, dos cartas inconclusas y nunca enviadas a una desconocida mujer. Roland investiga la identidad de la misteriosa corresponsal y descubre que esta es Christabel LaMotte, oscura, ambigua poetisa de la epoca, reivindicada en la actualidad por feministas y lesbianas. Roland ha hecho un descubrimiento que puede lanzarle a una brillante carrera academica y constituir un hito en el estudio de la poesia victoriana. Y acompanado por una mas que atractiva especialista en la obra de Christabel, seguiran un rastro de poemas, diarios y cartas, y gradualmente poseidos por aquellos que buscaban poseer, reconstruiran una historia de pasiones alli donde nunca se supo que las hubiera. [via]
More editions of Posesion/ Possession:
- Posesion/ Possession: ISBN 8433966855 (84-339-6685-5)
  Softcover, Ld Books Inc
via
Stardust
by ERNEST RIERA

ISBN 1594970971 (1-59497-097-1)
Softcover, Public Square Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardust'
Book summary:
De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cSur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...
Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans [via]
More editions of Stardust:
- Stardust: ISBN 1594970971 (1-59497-097-1)
  Softcover, Public Square Books

German

via
Der Gross Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

ISBN 3257201834 (3-257-20183-4)
Softcover, Diogenes Verlag AG

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Der Gross Gatsby'
Book summary:
»Der große Gatsby« bietet ein Sittengemälde der amerikanischen 1920er Jahre und beleuchtet den Zwiespalt zwischen Geld und Liebe, Machtgier und Treue. Sprache und Erzählstil machen den Roman zu einem der herausragenden poetischen Werke Amerikas in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. [via]
More editions of Der Gross Gatsby:
- Der Gross Gatsby: ISBN 3257201834 (3-257-20183-4)
  Softcover, Diogenes Verlag AG
via
Die Unertraegliche Leichtigkeit des Seins: Roman
by Milan Kundera

ISBN 3596259924 (3-596-25992-4)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Die Unertraegliche Leichtigkeit des Seins: Roman'
Book summary:
Taschenbuch, 302 Seiten / guter Zustand (kleine Widmung im Vorsatz) [via]
More editions of Die Unertraegliche Leichtigkeit des Seins: Roman:
- Die Unertraegliche Leichtigkeit des Seins: Roman: ISBN 3596259924 (3-596-25992-4)
  Softcover, Distribooks Inc

French

via
L'insoutenable Legerete De L'etre: Roman
by Milan Kundera

ISBN 2070700720 (2-07-070072-0)
Hardcover, Gallimard

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'L'insoutenable Legerete De L'etre: Roman'
Book summary:
Tomas et Teresa sont les deux pôles du roman. Faut-il choisir de porter le poids du passé sur ses épaules, comme Teresa qui ne peut se passer de la Tchécoslovaquie, qu'elle a pourtant fuie après le Printemps de Prague, de même qu'elle ne peut vivre sans Tomas, ce mari qu'elle chérit d'un amour jaloux et, par-là, à jamais insatisfait ? Ou bien faut-il préférer à cette pesanteur la légèreté de l'être qui caractérise Tomas et Sabina, la maîtresse amie qui seule peut comprendre le médecin séducteur explorant les femmes comme s'il disséquait des objets d'étude au scalpel ? Ne sachant quelle orientation est la plus supportable, le roman offre tour à tour le regard des différents personnages. Même le chien Karénine a droit au chapitre. Mais ce ballet incertain teinté d'irréalité apparaît vite comme une interrogation dialectique qui oscille entre réflexion et délire poétique pour aboutir à la conclusion que la pesanteur et la légèreté, pareillement insoutenables, ne procèdent jamais d'une décision véritable. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
More editions of L'insoutenable Legerete De L'etre: Roman:
- L'insoutenable Legerete De L'etre: Roman: ISBN 2070700720 (2-07-070072-0)
  Hardcover, Gallimard

Italian

via
Seta
by Alessandro Baricco

ISBN 8817660590 (88-17-66059-0)
Hardcover, Rizzoli

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Seta'
More editions of Seta:
- Seta: ISBN 8817660590 (88-17-66059-0)
  Hardcover, Rizzoli

Results page: PREV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NEXT

		Search \| About \| Preferences \| Interact \| Help

150 million books. 1 search engine.	Search Author, Title or ISBN