Name: Un Regalo de Navidad (in Spanish)
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Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis ; Alba, Tyto
ISBN: 9788492865680

portada Un Regalo de Navidad (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by

Tyto Alba

Publisher

Editorial Periferica

Collection

La hora feliz

Year

2012

Language

Spanish

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN

8492865687

ISBN13

9788492865680

Edited in

España

Edition No.

1ª

Synopsis "Un Regalo de Navidad (in Spanish)"

Two troubling stories collide in this adventurous tale. The protagonist of the first, Markheim, goes into an antique store to buy a Christmas gift. What happens here in the forthcoming hours force him to face his fears as well as his hopes and will change his destiny in an extraordinary way. In the second story, an English officer fighting in Spain during the war retires to the countryside to recover. In a mansion situated between the mountains and beautiful landscapes, he tries to find the keys to a love--and terror--story. Here, it is not easy to distinguish between that which is worldly or spiritual; both inseparably merge in the name of a woman: Olalla. Dos historias inquietantes. En la primera de ellas, Markheim, protagonista del relato, acude a una tienda de antigüedades para comprar un regalo navideño: lo que allí le suceda en las horas siguientes, enfrentado a sus miedos tanto como a sus esperanzas, cambiará su destino de un modo extraordinario. En la segunda, un oficial inglés que lucha en España durante la Guerra de la Independencia se retira al campo para recuperarse: en una mansión situada entre montañas y paisajes fascinantes tratará de encontrar las claves de una historia de amor y de terror donde lo carnal y lo espiritual apenas se distinguen; ambos se funden inseparablemente en el nombre de una mujer: Olalla.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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(Edinburgh, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) British novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of sixteen to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lighthouse engineer, a career he would later abandon. His nautical studies allowed him to come into contact with seafaring people and customs, key ingredients in some of his most famous works. His renowned work, Treasure Island, was published under the pseudonym Captain George North in 1881. In 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of the great classics of literature, was released. He died on the island of Samoa, at his home, Vailima.

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