Books that have moved me the most
Discover the books that moved me most—from García Márquez's *Cien años de soledad* to Camus's *The Stranger*. Explore a curated list of life-changing fiction that stirs the soul.
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus
With the excitement of a perfectly executed thriller and the force of a parable, The Stranger is the work of one of the most engaged and intellectually alert writers of the past century. Albert Camus's spare, laconic masterpiece about a murder in Algeria is famous for having diagnosed, with an almost scientific clarity, that condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life.
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The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger's classic of adolescent angst is now available for the first time in trade paperback. Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.
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Breakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut
“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. “Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly
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The Little Prince
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life. Howard's new translation of this beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupery's unique, gifted style. Color and b&w illustrations.
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Cien años de soledad
by Gabriel García Márquez
CONTENIDO: Lo que sé de Gabriel / Álvaro Mutis / - Para darle nombre a América / Carlos Fuentes / - Cien años de Soledad. Realidad total. Novela total / Mario Vargas Llosa / - Gabriel García Márquez. En busca de la verdad poética / Víctor García de la Concha / - Algunas literariedades de Cien años de Soledad / Claudia Guillén / - García Márquez y Cien años de soledad en la novela hispanoamericana / Pedro Luis Barcia.