Maya, una estadounidense que tiene 19 años, se exilia y se queda temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur de Chile, Chiloé, la tierra del origen de su abuela. Allí se pone a escribir en un cuaderno acerca de su adaptación al lugar, sus problemas con las drogas, su vida amorosa, y otros acontecimientos. Maya, a young American on the run, is sent to Chiloé, in a remote part of Chile, her grandmother's homeland, where she records in her diary...

Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol, and pills.

A makeshift family of professional thieves go on a cross-country crime spree.

"When a friend dies of a drug overdose, musicians Spoon and Stretch decide it's time to kick their drug habit by putting themselves into detox. But soon they discover that the road to rehab is paved with reams of social service red tape. Spoon and Stretche are just trying to stay alive until they can get treatment. But, between the angry drug dealers, the cops who have mistaken them for murderers, and the people with forms and clipboards, this turns...

"The protagonist in this novel searches for a definitive date with Lady. At the end of the night he takes a trip where he encounters disturbing characters, ghosts of dead friends, and memories of the great city he has left behind in his past." "Un viaje espectral entre la vida y la muerte, entre el amor y su pérdida. "Vine a Zapotal para morirme de una buena vez. En cuanto puse un pie en el pueblo me deshice de lo que traía en los bolsillos, de...

Saint Ambrose es la exclusiva escuela donde han estudiado los varones adinerados del lugar desde hace más de un siglo. Y este curso admitirá por primera vez alumnado femenino en un entorno que parece idílico, pero que en realidad oculta problemas familiares, inseguridades y soledad. Una faceta oscura de la vida en el internado sale a la luz cuando, tras una fiesta, una estudiante acaba en el hospital inconsciente. Quienes saben lo que pasó han...

During a road trip through Chile, boorish American expatriate Jamie and three Chilean brothers plan to set off in search of the prized San Pedro cactus and its promise of unrivaled hallucinations. But during a night's drunken stupor Jamie invites free-spirited fellow American Crystal Fairy along on their psychedelic-driven journey, and before long Crystal's devil-may-care attitude gives them more of an adventure than any of them had bargained for....

Coffy, a young nurse, takes vengeance on the powerful drug ring that destroyed her younger sister's life.

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Four individuals living near Coney Island in Brooklyn suffer from their menacing addiction to heroin, cocaine, and speed. The drugs are very easily obtained and keep each in its cycle of dependence. Harry Goldfarb is your typical heroin junky with an ambitious plan of 'Getting off hard knocks, ' with help from his cocaine crazed girlfriend Marion and his long time friend Tyrone. In the mean time, his widowed mother is obsessed with the glamor of television...