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Ania, the protagonist of this novel, receives a request from her father: that she should go and pay a final farewell visit on behalf of the family to her uncle Agustín, who is at death's door on the other side of the mountains. In order to do so she will embark on a 1,500 kilometre journey, which will be both an escape from the present and a movement towards the cloudy edges of memory.
Alicia is a very curious girl. She wants to understand everything. Rainy days are the best ones for asking questions. How do we know if something is alive or not? How does a cell work? What's inside it? Go with Alicia and her father on a journey to the inner life. Let yourself be fascinated by the world of cells, DNA and mitochondria.
A minimalist strangeness lingers in the soul of anyone who reads the stories in Natàlia Cerezo's first collection, En las ciudades escondidas (In the Hidden Cities). There is an apparently intense inner being in all the characters, who are defined by what they don't say and what they have lost. They are alive, nothing more or less.
Children are inexplicably disappearing without trace. The psychologist Jamilen Lasso, who is going through a low point in his life, is given the task of supporting the families, but when he digs into the victims' pasts he discovers that things are not quite what they seem. Seemingly unconnected events become the backdrop for a criminal investigation that seems to point to a very unusual pursuit.
The latest title in the series featuring detective Fermín Escartín: criminal investigations carried out by a former university lecturer turned detective. Lalana brings back his successful character Fermín Escartín, the protagonist of La tuneladora, El caso Galindo and El último muerto. This time, though, the action starts in Tarragona and moves to Lima (Peru).
Two girls chatting on the phone while they wait for the guests. In the street shots and explosions are heard, until one day the television starts to speak to them, encouraging them to flee.
The "false calm" referred to in the title is Patagonia, an immense cold, ghostly region in which time seems to have come to a permanent halt. María Sonis Cristoff was born in Trelew, one of the largest Patagonian cities, but moved at an early age to Buenos Aires. Patagonia has been for her a distant, forgotten place, wrapped in silence and mysteries.
Fiona and Lucas have a secret. It isn't just any old secret but an enormous, gigantic, immense one: the F family (that is to say Fiona and Lucas's family) is part of a witness protection program. As a result of this they have to move house frequently (something that would normally be upsetting for two regular children). Making friends, unpacking suitcases, adapting to new places...
This story recounts half a century in the history of a small city in the north of Spain, from the postwar period in which the protagonist arrives there to work on the railways, up to the present day. Successive generations witness such major events as the fire that engulfed the city.
This novel reconstructs a great love - beginning with its end. It is the story of a couple who, like so many, fell in love, lived an illusion, had children and fought against everything - against themselves and against the elements: uncertainty, precariousness, jealousy. They fought not to give up, and came a cropper several times.