Kim Ekemar
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En las historias que arman este mosaico de sentimientos humanos, el lector dará la vuelta al mundo antes de encontrarse en momentos muy distintos del siglo XX para incorporarse a ocho culturas tan distintas como distantes.Conoce a don Rafa, un hombre mexicano muy simpático. Sin embargo, no puede ni decir ni vivir con la verdad. Las únicas excepciones son las que se refieren a la amistad entre hombres, al reconocimiento de la belleza femenina y...
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The Moment of Truth Mexico, 1926 – 1976Don Rafa is a highly likeable man, but he can neither live with, nor tell, the truth. The only truths he recognises are those of beauty and male friendship. Beauty, as he sees it, exists in women and bullfighting. While relationships with the former can be based on lies, the moment of truth lies in the slaying of a bull.
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En las historias que arman este mosaico de sentimientos humanos, el lector dará la vuelta al mundo antes de encontrarse en momentos muy distintos del siglo XX para incorporarse a ocho culturas tan distintas como distantes.Un monje tibetano contempla los cinco obstáculos que lo previene fugar de una prisión imposible de escapar, hasta que la fuerza bruta que lo mantiene encarcelado está vencida por la fuerza de su voluntad.La vida de una estrella...
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En 1982 dos viajeros ingenuos llegaron a Paraguay para, como turistas, conocer al país. Por una pregunta trivial, la pareja fue detenida por la policía política bajo la sospecha oficial de ser terroristas. Fueron obligados de quedarse frente a una cámara de tortura, incomunicados, hasta lograr escaparse por un descuido de los oficiales.Siete años más tarde, el dictador Alfredo Stroessner fue derrocado mediante un golpe de estado. Sin embargo,...
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The Last Beat; London, 1966A policeman walks the empty streets of London Town on the eve of his death from a heart attack. As is his custom, he makes up tongue-in-cheek plays on words while reflecting on the sad state of society. The rhymes come to him to the beat of his footfall and a clock announcing midnight.From a Critical Point of View; New York City, 1990A wicked critic writes columns for a daily paper. He finds it more rewarding to criticise...
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Two Lives and the Camp of Death; Poland, 1943Gerber, the merciless commander of a World War II concentration camp, doesn't see himself as part of a greater human community, but as a skilled administrator ordered to look for solutions. In a nearby village, a woman dedicated to her home and their children welcomes her husband as he arrives from work. In the warm atmosphere of their close-knit relationships, they all avoid thinking about the ongoing...
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The soul exchange New York City, the 1980sUnexpectedly the devil finds a new game to play, arguing that evil is more fun – and besides, it pays better. A strong but wicked character becomes a new challenge for a wasted soul as a down-and-out drug addict shapes up his body and his life.
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2019 PINNACLE AWARD WINNER!THE LOST IDENTITY CASUALTIES Coming out of a coma, Matthias Callaghan finds himself tied to a hospital bed, wrapped in bandages and suffering from amnesia. As he gradually recovers his memories, Callaghan discovers that he – in a case of mistaken identity – has been mutilated and subject to a full face transplant while being comatose. After being released from the hospital Callaghan spends months in solitary depression...