Framed in Death

¿Y si lo único que necesitamos para ser felices es descubrir el brillo de las cosas intangibles?

Nicki Aldrich y River Jackson han sido inseparables desde que llegaron al mundo con cuarenta y siete minutos de diferencia. Ella lo hizo envuelta en polvo de hadas. Él como si fuese un meteoro en llamas. El pequeño pueblo costero donde crecieron se convirtió en el escenario de sus paseos en bicicleta, las tardes en la casa del árbol y los primeros amores, secretos y dudas.

Sin embargo, con el paso de los años, River sueña con escapar de aquel rincón perdido donde todo gira alrededor de la tradicional pesca de langosta y Nicki anhela encontrar su lugar en el mundo. Pero ¿qué ocurre cuando nada sale como lo habían planeado? ¿Es posible elegir dos caminos distintos y, pese a todo, encontrarse en el final del trayecto?

Para lograrlo, River y Nicki tendrán que bucear en las profundidades del corazón, rescatar pedazos de lo que fueron y entender aquello que rompieron. Y quizá así, uniendo y encajando cada fragmento, logren descubrir quiénes son ahora y recordar el brillo de las cosas intangibles.

La nueva novela de Alice Kellen, la autora de libros ya inolvidables como Nosotros en la luna, El chico que dibujaba constelaciones o El mapa de los anhelos, que ha enamorado a más de dos millones de lectores.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Nicki Aldrich and River Jackson have been inseparable since they came into the world. The small coastal town where they grew up became the space for their bike rides, first loves, secrets, and doubts. But as years go by, River dreams of escaping and Nicki dreams of finding her place in the world. They will dive into the depths of their hearts until they discover who they truly are.

For the first time ever, a special enhanced edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colors.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again.’ They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon . . .

Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937. With a beautiful cover design, a handful of black & white drawings and two maps by the author himself, the book became an instant success and was reprinted shortly afterwards with five color plates.

Tolkien’s own selection of finished paintings and drawings have become inseparable from his text, adorning editions of The Hobbit for more than 85 years. But the published art has afforded only a glimpse of Tolkien’s creative process, and many additional sketches, colored drawings and maps – although exhibited and published elsewhere – have never appeared within the pages of The Hobbit.

In this unique enhanced edition of Tolkien’s enchanting classic tale, the full panoply of his art is reproduced for the first time, presenting more than 50 illustrations to accompany Bilbo Baggins on his adventure ‘there and back again.’