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Woe is Life
by Zaira Arsenishvili
A compelling saga that revolves around three women and their journey through uneasy and turbulent times of Georgian history. Three friends: Eva, Rusudan, and Maka, their friendship and life stories are the cornerstone of the novel, intertwined with the ‘woes’ of dark times.The story takes place in the 1920s and 1950s. The narrator opens up with the scene of a wake for one of the main heroines of the novel—Eva. A beautiful and courageous woman, she had become her most bitter self by the end of her life. She tragically lost her first husband Gio at a very young age, only to find out years later that the man she was forcibly married to—a communist functionary—is a guilty party in Gio’s murder. Being alienated from the family in her elder years, the only people giving her a wake are her lifetime friend Rusudan and Rusudan’s granddaughter—the initial narrator of the novel. The story flashes back and forth to other timelines later on.Despite tragedies and bitterness, the three women stay true to each other, empathetic and kind. The novel is an engaging, captivating saga of three generations.
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Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's/YA)November 2019El llamado de las brujas
by Alvaro Vanegas
Maria Fernanda strongly believes she is a normal teenager. However, on a school trip, she realizes there are a lot of things her family has hidden from her. She would never imagine that she descends from an ancient lineage of witches and also that she has powers, Now, she must fight against Lucrecia, a powerful and evil witch who wants to take revenge by destroying her family and taking control over her.
