Bovaira, FernandoOverview
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Fernando Bovaira
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 1,117 libraries worldwide Grace, a devoutly religious mother, has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast, awaiting her husband's return from the war. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly-arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but as events become stranger, she begins to wonder if something supernatural is indeed going on.
Biutiful
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3 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in Spanish and held by 1,000 libraries worldwide "Biutiful" takes place in grimy and crowded parts of Barcelona that are a world away from that city's tourist attractions. Uxbal is a midlevel mobster, in charge of Chinese sweatshop workers making counterfeit watches and bags, and the African vendors who sell them. He collects and dispenses money, and runs interference with the cops. He also has two young children, a mentally unstable former wife, and a terminal illness. He is trying, despite his job, to be a good man, a good father. He tries to be stoical, tough, and compassionate, but he suffers because he cannot do good things, and he cares about the consequences of his actions.
Abre los ojos Open your eyes
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2 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in Spanish and held by 690 libraries worldwide "In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred. César tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing, César's only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his living nightmare lies in his dreams."--Container.
Agora
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8 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Spanish and held by 666 libraries worldwide A young slave in ancient Egypt must choose between joining the Christianity movement, which will give him freedom, and the woman he loves, who is his master and an atheist.
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11 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in English and German and held by 546 libraries worldwide A devoutly religious mother of two ailing children has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but chilling events and visions soon lead her to believe that something supernatural is indeed going on.
Los amantes del Círculo Polar Lovers of the Arctic Circle
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7 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in Spanish and held by 348 libraries worldwide After a chance meeting as eight-year-olds, Ana and Otto come to live under the same roof when Ana's mother and Otto's father marry. As the two grow older, they begin to discover an attraction for each other, delving deeper and deeper into a forbidden love. Destiny tears the family apart, but years later they are given one last chance to be reunited.
Lucía y el sexo Sex and Lucia
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9 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in Spanish and held by 311 libraries worldwide After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, Lucía seeks refuge on a quiet Mediterranean island where she meets a new man and begins to discover the dark secrets of her past relationship.
El viaje de Carol Carol's journey
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3 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in Spanish and held by 67 libraries worldwide Carol, a 12-year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Spanish Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, she arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the secretive family environment. Her innocence and rebellious nature drive her at first to reject a world that is both new and foreign. But she soon journeys into adulthood through a friendship with the village teacher and a young local boy.
The sea inside
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13 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in Spanish and French and held by 48 libraries worldwide Based on the true story about Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life in dignity.
Mar adentro The sea inside
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6 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in Spanish and English and held by 34 libraries worldwide Ramón Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years before that turned him into a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: writing, developing a close relationships with his family, who all help to care for him. While grateful to his family and friends for their help, Ramón was always an active person. He has come to see his life as frustrating and pointless and wishes to die with what remains of his dignity. Gené is a friend who works with a "Right to Die" organization who introduces Ramón to Julia, a lawyer he hopes will help him persuade the courts to let him end his own life. As Ramón and Julia work together on his case, Ramón finds himself falling in love with his attorney, but Ramón remains convinced that the greatest gift to him would be an end to his life.
Celos jealousy
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1 edition published in 1999 in Spanish and held by 29 libraries worldwide A man finds a photograph of his fiancée with another man and becomes obsessed with uncovering her secret past.
Los girasoles ciegos
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2 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Spanish and held by 26 libraries worldwide Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spends years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling in the Front, returns to the seminary in Ourense.
Luna llena
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1 edition published in 2006 in Spanish and held by 18 libraries worldwide Luna llena: Based on the novel by Antonio Muñoz-Molina, this nerve-wracking thriller describes a crime in a small provincial city, where a young girl's body is found brutally murdered in the woods.
Los girasoles ciegos The blind sunflowers
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1 edition published in 2009 in Spanish and held by 16 libraries worldwide In Ourense Spain, trainee priest Salvador returns from the war in 1940, with some of his beliefs in tatters. He returns to the seminary, working as a teacher. One of his pupils is Lorenzo, whose father Ricardo, a fervent Republican, has gone into hiding in the family home aided by his wife Elena. Believing Elena to be a widow, Salvador clumsily begins to woo her, while puzzling over the contradictory remarks Lorenzo constantly makes. Lorenzo's older sister Elenita is pregnant, and she and her republican boyfriend Lalo attempt to run away and find freedom in Portugal. Salvador brings his suspicions to the attention of the rector, as Lorenzo, unable to lie successfully, is stripped of his innocence--and his father--by a war that he does not understand.
Los amantes del Círculo Polar
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10 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in Spanish and held by 14 libraries worldwide The story of the passionate and secret love of Ana and Otto, from the age of eight until twenty-five. They met after school in 1980, and their lives began to intertwine in a single circle that will begin to close seventeen years later, in Finland, on the edge of the Arctic Circle.
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6 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in Spanish and English and held by 11 libraries worldwide A devoutly religious mother of two ailing children has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but chilling events and visions soon lead her to believe that something supernatural is indeed going on.
Lucía y el sexo
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6 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in Spanish and French and held by 7 libraries worldwide After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, Lucía seeks refuge on a quiet Mediterranean island where she meets a new man and begins to discover the dark secrets of her past relationship.
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7 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in Spanish and held by 6 libraries worldwide Summary: When a bank robber named Tomas is the only survivor of a plane wreck, the luckless Federica thinks he's found the man who can defeat the Jew--the luckiest man alive, a Holocaust survivor who sits at the apex of a weird, underground world of increasingly dangerous gambles. But on their trail is a police detective named Sara who's pretty lucky herself--and as she learns more about how luck works, she begins to suspect she survived a car crash because she stole the luck of her husband and child, both of whom died.
The others Les autres
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide A devoutly religious mother of two ailing children has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but chilling events and visions soon lead her to believe that something supernatural is indeed going on. more
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Amnesia City and town life Criminal behavior Disfigured persons Drama Egypt Egypt--Alexandria Euthanasia Families Fathers Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Foreign films Friendship in children Ghosts González Iñárritu, Alejandro History Hypatia,--d. 415 Jealousy Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Mediterranean Region--Islands of the Mediterranean Men--Conduct of life Mother and child Motion pictures Motion pictures, Spanish New York (State)--New York Organized crime Persecution Photosensitivity disorders Priests Psychiatric hospital patients Quadriplegics Redemption Right to die Rome Sampedro, Ramón,--1943-1998 Science fiction films Spain Spain--Barcelona Spirits Surgery, Plastic Traffic accident victims Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War--Religious aspects--Christianity Women--Sexual behavior World War (1939-1945) Young women
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