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1) Sacrificio
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"Rafa, an Afro-Cuban orphan from the provinces, moves to Havana with nothing to his name and no clue what his future will be or what he stands for (he doesn't even know his age--seventeen? eighteen?). He falls into a job as a waiter in a tiny makeshift tourist restaurant that the resilient, middle-aged Cecilia has created out of her backyard patio. Rafa is soon drawn into a web of bizarre, ever-shifting entanglements, first with Cecilia's older son...
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Originally entitled Q&A, Vikas Swarup's Slumdog Millionaire unfolds the story of Ram Thomas, an uneducated orphan from the slums of Mumbai, India. The story opens with authorities, unconvinced that a slumdog could answer all twelve questions correctly on India's biggest game show, Who Will Win a Billion?, holding Ram on suspicions of cheating. Enter Smita Shah, a lawyer bent on rescuing Ram. With Smita as his listener, Ram reveals how his life experiences...
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El banquero italiano Vito Zaffari se había alejado de Florencia durante las Navidades, esperando que la prensa se olvidase de un escándalo que podría hundir su reputación. Para ello, había ido a una casita en medio del nevado campo inglés, decidido a alejarse del mundo durante unos días. Hasta que un bombón vestido de Santa Claus irrumpió estrepitosamente allí. La inocente Holly Cleaver provocó una inmediata reacción en el...
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