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"Terrestre bien podría ser definido como un libro de crónicas especulativas o relatos de viaje, en todo caso, de palabras en completa libertad. Imaginativo, con estructuras narrativas audaces, Cristina Rivera Garza escribe aquí sobre trayectos terrestres que nos llevan a distintos lugares de México y el mundo, y a distintos destinos del cuerpo. A pie, en bus o en tren, las jóvenes protagonistas deestas historias avanzan acompasadas por rutas...

"A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize...

In the small coastal town of Capeside, Massachusetts, a group of high school kids come of age, each with their own set of trials and tribulations.

In the small coastal town of Capeside, Massachusetts, a group of high school kids come of age, each with their own set of trials and tribulations.

When her husband and son are killed in a car accident days before Christmas, Ginny Carter tries to avoid her grief by becoming involved in human rights work in New York.

Ray, an aging alcoholic, forms an unlikely friendship with a troubled teenager. As they grow more dependent on each other, Ray asks the teen to go to his 40th high school reunion and pose as his son.

A Seattle family takes in Kyle, an amnesiac teen, whom they have learned has mysterious powers and psychic abilities. Kyle is the result of a secret human cloning experiment conducted years earlier. The family has been teaching Kyle human behaviors such as anger, joy and love. They guard Kyle against the evil forces who seek to use him for their own nefarious purposes.

A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?

A 60-year-old man has been raising a girl since she was six years old, and plans to marry her when she turns 17. Living their lives together on a fishing boat, he is very protective of her and will gladly put an arrow into anyone who touches her. She is content with her life until a young man introduces her to a world beyond.