Leonor Varela
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
A choir of creatures introduces a world delicately constructed by fantasy, mystery, and magical realism in Francisca Alegría's poignant and stunning debut feature. It begins in a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from a nearby factory. Amid their floating bodies, long-deceased Magdalena bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. The shocking return sends her...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The curse of King Tut's tomb: "The search for King Tut's tomb becomes a life-and-death struggle for two archaeologists--one who wants to protect the tomb's amazing powers and one who wants to use them to control the world"--Container.
Merlin's apprentice: " ... tells the story of Camelot, a once shimmering fortress of power and enchantment that has fallen from glory [since the theft of the Holy Grail], and its heroic return to greatness"--Container.
Blackbeard:...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The curse of King Tut's tomb: "The search for King Tut's tomb becomes a life-and-death struggle for two archaeologists--one who wants to protect the tomb's amazing powers and one who wants to use them to control the world"--Container.
Merlin's apprentice: " ... tells the story of Camelot, a once shimmering fortress of power and enchantment that has fallen from glory [since the theft of the Holy Grail], and its heroic return to greatness"--Container.
Blackbeard:...