Marlon James

En Leopardo Negro, Lobo rojo, Sogolon, la Bruja Luna, demostró ser un personaje secundario fascinante: una hechicera de 177 años con sus propios intereses, que supo encandilar al público lector y que fue un digno adversario para el Rastreador durante la busqueda del misterioso niño desparecido. En Bruja Luna, Rey Araña, ha llegado su turno: Sogolon adquiere el protagonismo y ofrece su propia version de lo ocurrido, su propio relato de lo que le sucedio al niño, de como planeo y lucho, triunfo y fracaso en esa busqueda. Pero esta novela es tambien la historia de una enemistad de un siglo entre Sogolon y Aesi, el canciller del rey, un personaje oscuro, letal y poderoso, a quien no es facil desafiar. Sogolon lo hace por sus propios motivos. En un giro narrativo brillante, Bruja Luna, Rey Araña muestra la historia contada en Leopardo Negro, Lobo Rojo desde la perspectiva de esta mujer indomable que no se inclina ante ningun hombre, mientras ahonda en la lucha que se desarrolla en el interior del imperio. Mucho mas adictiva e imaginativa que su predecesora. Como Tolkien colocado de ayahuasca, Observer.

Construida sobre los testimonios ficticios de quienes participaron en aquellos acontecimientos (sicarios, mafiosos, políticos o espías; víctimas y verdugos; simples espectadores e, incluso, algún fantasma), "Breve historia de siete asesinatos" nos lleva al corazon de las tinieblas jamaicanas recorriendo tres decadas turbulentas e infinidad de episodios estremecedores (no exentos, pese a todo, de un elemento comico). Manejada con increible pericia, la estructura coral permite a Marlon James plasmar los hechos desde multiples perspectivas y texturas verbales. Ese aspecto esencial del relato, la volcanica trama del habla, era un autentico desafio literario que los escritores Javier Calvo y Wendy Guerra han logrado superar de forma brillante en su esplendida traduccion.

Mechanics of Aero-structures is a concise textbook for students of aircraft structures, which covers aircraft loads and maneuvers, torsion and bending of single cell, multi-cell and open thin-walled structures. Static structural stability, energy methods, and aero-elastic instability are discussed. Numerous examples and exercises are included to enhance the students' facility with structural analysis. This textbook is meant for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students in the aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs, and the material included can be covered in a one semester course. A sufficient number of figures are included for the clarity of the subject matter. The book begins with a description of aerodynamic loads to motivate students, and includes an in-depth description of energy methods - an essential topic.

From a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping, stylish historical novel of Jamaican slavery that can be compared only to Toni Morrison's Beloved.

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James, a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping, stylish historical novel of Jamaican slavery that can be compared only to Toni Morrison'

A thrilling, ambitious . . . intense ("Los Angeles Times") novelthat explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the late 1970s. In "A Brief History of Seven Killings," Marlon James combines masterful storytelling with his unrivaled skill at characterization and his meticulous eye for detail to forge a novel of dazzling ambition and scope. On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions in Kingston, seven unnamed gunmen stormed the singer s house, machine guns blazing. The attack wounded Marley, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Little was officially released about the gunmen, but rumors abounded regarding the assassins fates. "A Brief History of Seven Killings" is James s fictional exploration of that dangerous and unstable time in Jamaica s history and beyond. Deftly spanning decades and continents and peopled with a wide range of characters assassins, drug dealers, journalists, and even ghosts James brings to life the people who walked the streets of 1970s Kingston, who dominated the crack houses of 1980s New York, and who reemerged into a radically altered Jamaica of the 1990s. Brilliantly inventive, "A Brief History of Seven Killings" is an exhilarating ("The New York Times") epic that s been called a tour de force ("The Wall Street Journal")."

Kingston, 3 décembre 1976. Deux jours avant un concert en faveur de la paix organisé par le parti au pouvoir, dans un climat d'extrême tension politique, sept hommes armés font irruption au domic

In this mighty follow-up to his number one bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to tell the story of Sogolon the Moon Witch.Part adventure story, part tale of an indomitable woman, Moon Witch, Spider King chronicles the antagonist-turned-antihero's journey from an ostracised no-name girl, hated by her brothers and made to live in a termite hill, to a woman with fully developed powers engaged in a long-standing feud with the Aesi, chancellor to the king.

Equal parts hilarious and profound The Alternatives is an urgent new novel from a major voice in Irish fiction

Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's. I cannot wait for the next installment' Neil GaimanIn this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine an ancient world, a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers...'The child is dead. There is nothing left to know.'Tracker is a hunter, known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose - and he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters all searching for the same boy. Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last, from a giant to a witch to a shape-shifting Leopard, and each has secrets of their own.As the mismatched gang follow the boy's scent from perfumed citadels to infested rivers to the enchanted darklands and beyond, set upon at every turn by creatures intent on destroying them, Tracker starts to wonder: who really is this mysterious boy? Why do so many people want to stop him being found? And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?Marlon James weaves a tapestry of breathtaking adventure through a world at once ancient and startlingly modern. And, against this exhilarating backdrop of magic and violence, he explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy.'A game-changing modern fantasy classic' Financial Times'Complex, lyrical, moving and furiously gripping... This new book will propel James into a new galaxy of literary stardom' Observer'To call this novel original doesn't do [it] justice... James has thrown African cultures, mythologies, religions, histories, world-views and topographies into the mighty cauldron of his imagination to create a work of literary magic' New Statesman.

«HEU VINGUT A BUSCAR UNA HISTÒRIA I JO TINC GANES DE PARLAR, ELS DÉUS ENS HAN SOMRIGUT A TOTS DOS»El Rastrejador és un caçador, conegut arreu dels tretze regnes com algú amb un olfacte prodigiós i que sempre treballa sol. Però trenca les seves pròpies normes quan es troba formant part d'un inusual grup de mercenaris a la recerca d'un nen desaparegut tres anys enrere. Tots ells estranys, cadascun més perillós que l'altre, i tots amb secrets per amagar. Qui és aquest nen misteriós? Per què hi ha tanta gent que no vol que el trobin? I, el més important, qui diu la veritat i qui menteix, en aquest joc on reis i comerciants d'esclaus, bruixes i bèsties fantastiques tenen els seus propis interessos?Guanyador del prestigiós Man Booker Prize, Marlon James ha creat una obra destinada a revolucionar la fantasia èpica. Un tour de force de geni i ambició en què la inesgotable riquesa dels mites africans es fon amb la cultura del còmic i els superherois. Una història impulsada pel poder hipnòtic de les narracions orals, per la potència creadora del llenguatge i per una imaginació que sembla no tenir límits. I amb una parella de protagonistes, el Rastrejador i el Lleopard, que ja són història del gènere fantastic.

El diablo de los buitres narra la épica reyerta entre dos atormentados párrocos —practicantes, solo en apariencia, del mismo credo— por la primacía de su ministerio en un remanso jamaicano alejado de

En 1976, just abans de les eleccions generals a Jamaica i de l'actuació de Bob Marley al concert «Somriu Jamaica», que pretenia alleugerir tensions polítiques, set homes armats amb metralletes ir

Una novela extraordinaria sobre los años finales de la década de los setenta, la época más violenta en la historia de Jamaica.3 de diciembre de 1976, a dos días del concierto Smile Jamaica –con la ac

Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy.Tracker is a hunter, known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose - and he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters all searching for the same boy. Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last, from a giant to a witch to a shape-shifting Leopard, and each has secrets of their own.As the mismatched gang follow the boy's scent from perfumed citadels to infested rivers to the enchanted darklands and beyond, set upon at every turn by creatures intent on destroying them, Tracker starts to wonder: who really is this mysterious boy? Why do so many people want to stop him being found? And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?Marlon James weaves a tapestry of breathtaking adventure through a world at once ancient and startlingly modern. And, against this exhilarating backdrop of magic and violence, he explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE REVOLUTIONARY DARK STAR TRILOGY IS HERE!Booker Prize-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology and fantasy to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch and a mystery with many answers . . .*Perfect for fans of Pratchett, George R. R. Martin and Octavia Butler*'Even more gripping and inventive than its predecessor . . . like Tolkien on ayahuasca' Observer

Una aventura mágica y violenta que explora los límites del poder, la ambición y la búsqueda de la verdad.El Rastreador es conocido por sus habilidades como cazador: «Tiene un buen olfato», se dice de