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Some children, sons of prostitutes who don’t dare to report the kidnappings to the police, have disappeared lately in Barcelona. The rumours go around till inspector Moisés Corvo, who thinks that sometimes it is necessary to use the fist or the gun, starts to become interested in the case. He is a bit of a drunkard and hangs around with prostitutes.
An anxious mother gives in to wretched temptation on a nocturnal flight; a young girl reveals the terrible mystery behind an innocent circle of light on the ceiling; a psychiatrist discovers the symptoms of a remarkable phobia concealing the collective fear of an entire generation. A group of teenagers turn vindictive to escape the tedium of their existence.
Whoever possesses the spear of Longinos will rule the world. But whoever loses it will meet their own death. Eliza is a well-known English medium who earns a living with her family putting people in touch with their loved ones on the other side.
The last years of the life of a king who had aspirations to the imperial crown. A king who tryed to embrace all the knowledge of his time and to pass it on for posterity. An unforgetable king.
1281. Alfonso X arrived in Seville to prepare the campaign against the kingdom of Granada. There, he is informed about the revolt of his son Sancho, supported by a great number of nobles.
Who doesn't have the right to fill a suitcase with the dream of a better life? A suitcase that passes from hand to hand, a silent witness to the different lives that take place throughout the 20th century. The textile colonies, the workers' revolution, the world wars, exile, make love not war, the fall of Francoism. And the constant migrations that - willingly or otherwise - do not stop.
"Grandpa has changed a lot. His memory is like a change in the sea, a wave, a boat that doesn't know where it's going." Can there be anything worse than a grandpa who forgets his granddaughter? Although she's very little, Mariana knows some kind words that can transform the pain of confusion into a hug or a smile.
Barcelonta, Barcelona, the early sixties: anarchist urban guerillas are still alive and kicking, a headache for Franco's political police. The former Belgian Congo, in the same decade: European mercenaries are to be found in the war torn country. And some of those mercenaries are Spanish and their reasons for being in the Congo are as surprising as their personal stories.
Every book is a journey, that's what José Luis Muñoz always says when he talks about the ones he's written, many of which have taken shape during his journeys over five continents.
When his mother dies, Óscar travels to Berlin to take charge of her belongings. He hasn't had word from her in years because, in fact, she was living with another woman and had turned her back on her son. And neither can he inform his father, a stranger he has seen on only a few occasions, the author of successful books on the search for happiness.
If you are ill or have a physical problem, perhaps you believe that you have not done anything to make yourself sick. It is also possible that you believe that you cannot personally do anything to make yourself better.