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Carmelo returns to the village in his native Andalusia for the first time. Thirty years ago his mother took him way from there when he was only three years old, fleeing after witnessing a horrific event which would condition his life and everyone's who lived there during the days of General Franco's uprising.
Leonid Sednev, imperial chimney sweep and later kitchen help, was fifteen years old on the night of the 17th July 1918, when a group of soldiers of the Bolshevik Revolution brutally murdered the Russian imperial family. Leonid was the only survivor and invisible witness to the tragedy.
A gripping novel that links Prague to Washington, South Yemen, Damascus, Paris, Sitges, Madrid, Havana, Berlin, Geneva and Panama. A story in which fiction and historical factsare mixed with real and fictional characters. A story that reveals the ins and outs of international espionage and which we will never know for sure whether it really happened, although everything is possible...
The Sack Men are immersed in a gruesome and shadowy fairy story, 33 stories divided into three parts. A corrosive and amoral satire about human emotions, cloaked in dark, insane and apocalyptic humour. In short: a dreamlike and demented retelling of some of our childhood tales. Now stained with discourtesy and causticity.
The narrative begins with the discovery of a body in the swamp in Olba. The protagonist, Esteban, has been forced to close the furniture shop he owned, leaving his workers jobless and on the dole.
Cecilia is the only person who visits Silvio, her best friend's grandfather, a man who jealously guards the mystery of a legendary life which he has never wanted to share with anyone. Through a box of photographs, Silvio introduces Cecilia to his fascinating story with Zachary West, an extravagant North American whose arrival in Ribanova changed the fate of those who met him.
Although written for teenagers, 'Es raro ser niña' is a book that readers of all ages can enjoy. The author introduces us to Cuasi, the protagonist of a true story. A girl approaching adolescence who acts as the voice of the conscience of modern society.
Lara's nickname at school is 'weirdo'. The main reason why Lara is marginalised is that she's only interested in literature, and social interaction isn't her strong point. Lara has lived in Paris for two years, and she thought that this change in her life would give her an opportunity; however, it hasn't turned out like that.