The House Across the Street (novel)

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The House Across the Street
LaCasaDeEnfrente.jpg
First edition (Kindle)
Author Esteban Navarro
LanguageSpanish
Publication date
2012
Publication place Spain
Media typePrint

The House Across the Street (Spanish:La casa de enfrente) [1] is a 2012 novel by the Spanish writer Esteban Navarro. [2]

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The novel is a paradigm of digital publishing, [3] since its author is considered one of the pioneers. In a short time it became one of the best selling ebooks. [4]

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References

  1. Congress, The Library of; Navarro, Esteban. "Navarro, Esteban, 1965- La casa de enfrente (Work) - LC Linked Data Service | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  2. Ediciones B
  3. "Autores atareados – Lectores y Lecturas – Programa Universitario". www.uv.mx. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. G. IBORRA, ELISABETH (7 January 2014). "Los grandes éxitos de la autoedición digital" (in Spanish).

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