In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters—an amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas behind Rilke's greatest poetry. The ten letters reproduced here were written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, and they contain many of the themes that later appeared in his best works. The poet himself afterwards stated that his letters contained part of his creative genius, making this volume essential reading for scholars, poetry lovers, and anyone with an interest in Rilke, German poetry, or the creative impulse.

In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century, Edgar Allan Poe's renowned poem The Raven found perhaps its most perfect artistic interpreter. Doré's dreamlike, otherworldly style, tinged with melancholy, seems ideally matched to the bleak despair of Poe's celebrated work, among the most popular American poems ever written. This volume reprints all 26 of Doré's detailed, masterly engravings from a rare 19th-century edition of the poem. Relevant lines from the poem are printed on facing pages and the complete text is also included. Admirers of Doré will find ample evidence here of his characteristic ability to capture the mood and meaning of a work of literature in striking imagery; lovers of The Raven will delight in seeing its mournful musing on love and loss given dramatic pictorial form.

Delia Agós está a punto de cumplir los treinta y su vida es un despropósito: es la eterna becaria de la empresa, su novia acaba de dejarla y se ha metido en la compra de un dúplex que la ha arruinado. Esto, según las grandes mentes de la filosofía, solo tiene una solución: salir una noche y acostarse con quien sea para dejar de ser la amargada del grupo que solo habla de hipotecas variables. El problema empieza cuando decide acostarse con el despropósito de Angie Samper, la caradura tras la barra; la imbécil irresistible a la que Delia no soporta desde el minuto uno y con la que pasa la mejor noche de su vida. Pero bueno, tampoco es que tengan que volver a verse, ¿no? Hasta que Angie se despeña por sus escaleras y se convierte en el fantasma de su piso recién hipotecado. O, en resumen: cómo sobrevivir a un caso literal de "Aquí te pillo, aquí te mato"

Delia Agós está a punto de cumplir los treinta y su vida es un despropósito: es la eterna becaria de la empresa, su novia acaba de dejarla y se ha metido en la compra de un dúplex que la ha arruinado. Esto, según las grandes mentes de la filosofía, solo tiene una solución: salir una noche y acostarse con quien sea para dejar de ser la amargada del grupo que solo habla de hipotecas variables. El problema empieza cuando decide acostarse con el despropósito de Angie Samper, la caradura tras la barra; la imbécil irresistible a la que Delia no soporta desde el minuto uno y con la que pasa la mejor noche de su vida. Pero bueno, tampoco es que tengan que volver a verse, ¿no? Hasta que Angie se despeña por sus escaleras y se convierte en el fantasma de su piso recién hipotecado. O, en resumen: cómo sobrevivir a un caso literal de "Aquí te pillo, aquí te mato"

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics. Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it. And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again. Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed. After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.

Sant Gonera és un poble perdut en algun punt, posem per cas, del deep Solsonès. Un matí de Nadal es desperta amb la visió del rector brandant la relíquia del sant Prepuci, nu, cridant i rient a cor què vols. Amb el fred que carda. Després el rector s’esfuma, engolit pel bosc frondós. Ves que no s’hagi convertit en una fera, com tothom que per una raó o altra vol desaparèixer del poble. Així comença Les feres, escrita en estat de gràcia, en què el protagonista és el poble i els seus peculiaríssims vilatans. I el bosc i el sotabosc, i les feres que l’habiten. Empeltada d’un humor descordat, atàvic i popular, Uriol Gilibets reescriu la tradició per fer-se-la seva. El seu univers agermana Raimon Casellas amb Amanece que no es poco de José Luis Cuerda; l’escatologia catalana amb l’absurd dels Monty Python; el seny amb la rauxa. Tot plegat per descobrir-nos la grandesa i les misèries d’un poble que podria ser el nostre. Aviat és dit. Poca broma. No res.

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him. Kill for him. High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for the only person who can ground him to reality—Thomas Rye, the boy with perpetually ink-stained hands and hair like autumn leaves. And with his twin sister, Dove, inexplicably keeping him at a cold distance upon their return to Wickwood Academy, Andrew finds himself leaning on his friend even more. But something strange is going on with Thomas. His abusive parents have mysteriously vanished, and he arrives at school with blood on his sleeve. Thomas won’t say a word about it, and shuts down whenever Andrew tries to ask him questions. Stranger still, Thomas is haunted by something, and he seems to have lost interest in his artwork—whimsically macabre sketches of the monsters from Andrew’s wicked stories. Desperate to figure out what’s wrong with his friend, Andrew follows Thomas into the off-limits forest one night and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster—Thomas’s drawings have come to life and are killing anyone close to him. To make sure no one else dies, the boys battle the monsters every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew begins to fear that the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator…