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The villagers say that Leandro Balseiro planted irises and anemones of a delicate mauve, that the cradle of his baby Clara was a hydrangea bush, and that the little girl’s only food was sucking the sugary petals of the Ceylon amaryllis.
The secrets in this book are simply those revealed by opening wide the doors of Arzak’s kitchen, with its unique products, new techniques and ideas for original, fun combinations. Visual explosions which offer a greater understanding of the recipes of a kitchen which, though complex, opts for simple solutions and in which the really important thing is the spark of individual ideas.
A story told by a Breton nobleman that takes place during the French Revolution, a period chosen by Cunqueiro in order to surprise us with his historical knowledge and command of different literary registers.
Who could imagine that in a place like Santa Isabel, a retreat house of the Opus Dei on the outskirts of Bilbao, among old friends called together to remember the good times, a tragedy could happen? Which reasons could Luis Raymond have to commit suicide? A man like him, a rich shipping magnate, happily married to the countess of Beaulieu.
A combination of fiction and historical reality, The Fierce Jaws links a reflection on the mother-daughter relationship with an episode from history - the trial of Italian nun Benedetta Carlini during the Counter-reformation.
A hidden chapter of history. A kaleidoscope of human emotions. In the Galician village of A Estrada, against the turbulent background of the uprisings in the cantons at the end of the 19th century, an affectionate relationship develops between a triangle of women– a girl, her teacher and a brave woman – and around them an inquisitorial plot.
Juan and Sara have grown apart recently and decide to separate for a while. Juan wants to feel that there is something outside him in life, something that moves him, forcing him to take part in the world, to make his own decisions and to not simply be swept along.
This magnificently narrated historical novel which tells of the Civil War and anarchism is now in its fifth edition. According to the author, the novel “allowed me to live other lives.” The Children of Bakunin (As Rulas de Bakunin) is born of empathy for the defeated and the vanquished.
In July 1668, the city of Portobelo, the port from which of all American treasures left for Spain, was captured by the privateer Henry Morgan. What none of his men expected was to find in an abandoned hostel the tortured corpse of a Spaniard and, hidden under the floor, documents pointing to the existence of priceless treasure hidden in the bowels of Panama City.