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This is a novel, but also the faithful portrait of a whole era, a sharp description of what was happening in Spanish professional cycling in the years before and after the sadly famous Operation Mountain Pass. We are talking about a time of contrasts: the real estate bubble and the proliferation of public sponsorship allowed for the birth of many new teams.
This is the story of Pepita the Seedling, who was always getting carried away by the wind every time she ventured out. Worried she might fly too far away, her family try to keep her on the ground. Will they find away to avoid losing her forever?
Paula Quiñones arrives in Azafrán to locate graves from the civil war era. As soon as she sets her lame foot in the town she feels as though the sky is growing heavy above her and an invisible elastic is pulling on her body, keeping her away from her destination, the Beato family's hotel beside a billboard displaying the word 'Azufrón'.
A tear contains a story, but a mermaid's tear contains a legend. Dive into this magical adventure of sailors and pirates about the mermaid of Saint Ives. Are you ready to discover the true origin of pearls? The magical legend of the mermaid of Saint Ives has now been recreated by a great Spanish illustrator, one already compared to Benjamin Lacombe.
Pol is a teenager who spends his days reading novels. After an incident at school he is expelled and begins to self-medicate. Then in the psychiatrist's waiting room he meets Bronwyn, who is fascinating, rebellious, and way more clever than anybody Pol has ever met. She introduces him to the poetry of Juan Eduardo Cirlot and a world that challenges his understanding.
The year is 2040. The headquarters of Knowledge and Power are trying to erase from the face of the earth all traces of philosophy and insubordination in order to maintain an automated and obedient society. Philosophy has become a dangerous and defiant weapon, capable of demolishing the building of (dis)knowledge promulgated by wisdom.
After receiving a scholarship, Nerea moves from her city, Valencia, to the capital of the United States, Washington D.C. Her new life, in a completely unknown city so different from what she knows, immerses her in an adventure of adaptation which she skilfully unfolds.