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Arturo Cifuentes reappears one day in the narrator’s life like a ghost from the past. He is an old university friend with whom the narrator shared a flat in New York. Seventeen years have passed since the last time they met, Cifuentes has divorced and returned to Spain to take up a post at the faculty where they studied.
The Mother of Archimedes has decided to bring the past closer and gather the Mothers of some of the protagonists of her favourite stories to tell us about their sons and daughters. Einstein's Mother takes tea with Robin Hood's, the Ogre's and the Ugly Duckling's. Cleopatra's mother is there along with King Gaspar's, Sherezade's and Marco Polo's.
For centuries, popular stories have helped to answer the questions that man has asked himself. Stories demonstrate the complexity of emotions, offer means of combating adversity, give hope, consolation and courage, and preserve human values. This selection of 36 stories is just a sample of the rich heritage of stories and legends from the 5 continents throughout human history.
After the death of her mother, Gabriele returns to the village where she spent her childhood summers. Waiting for her there is her father, with whom she has not spoken for years. Together they set out to fulfill Greta's last wish: that the three most important people in her life — her husband, her only daughter, and her sister-in-law — scatter her ashes in a place where they have been happy.
A hair is not the strangest thing you might find in your soup. A fly is not the strangest thing you might find in your soup. Do you know what it would be really strange to find in your soup? "A surreal and delicious entertainment."
This is the question posed by four lonely souls who meet each other by chance in the Café Turner, the only place open in a coastal town in the middle of winter: Imagine that your house is on fire and you have time to save only one thing which signifies to you everything that is worth living for.
This is the story of a little girl who lives far away from the world we know and who, because of her condition, has a life full of obligations. One day someone teaches her that there is another world, and she meets other children who can even dream. But just as she is about to abandon her dream, someone gives her A VERY SPECIAL GIFT.
Gabriel and Toni meet aged nine at a campsite where their families spend the summer holidays. From that moment on the two boys are inseparable, especially when they both start attending the same school. However, their friendship becomes strained. Is violence justified if used to impose justice? Gabriel believes it is, despite what his friend Toni says, and is prepared to prove it.
An adaptation, aimed at children, of the biography of marine oceanographer Ángeles Alvariño, who discovered more than 23 marine species. This is the first in a series "Mulleres Galegas" (Galician Women) comprising eight titles to be published in 2021.