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David Rubín revisits the story of Heracles from birth onwards, examing each of the twelve tasks that he carried out from a new and ambitious perspective. In the first of two proposed parts, the author from Ourense combines epic and reflection to present a carefully staged comic-saga with spectacular narrative and abundant use of colour.
Madrid, 1615. A young man recently arrived from Barcelona wanders through an icy labyrinth of deserted streets before finally reaching his goal, the miserable tavern visited every day by an old man on the verge of death: Miguel de Cervantes, the father of Don Quixote. The young man has a mission: to present the writer with a mysterious, antique chest.
The love of the land and a man persevering to make his dreams reality are the two intertwining themes of this evocative novel, which for the first time tells of the adventures of the wine producers of Rioja and the story of Spain’s most emblematic wine.
The Son of Mama Dana is set in the depths of the Colombian coffee region, in a small village nestled in the mountains near the home of the Emberá peoples. The unusual Dutchman, Hyeronimus Paling, appears four times in the narrative and gradually reveals the scene, the characters in the drama, the situation of violence and impunity, and the silence that hangs over it all.
Until my thirteenth birthday, l had an easy life. Now I'm thirteen and thirty days, and I'm in a strange damp room, blindfolded and tied to an old chair. I know this is not something that happens to all kids my age. But all the other kids my age aren't the son of the White Tiger. I am.
It is the year 134 BC. Under the command of Rhetogenes, Numantia [in modern-day north-central Spain] has been resisting the power of invincible Rome for over twenty years, and the surrounding moorlands are so soaked in Italian blood that the Romans refuse to enlist in the legions.
After the murder of his wife, Matías decides to fly to New York to follow the trail of his father, who abandoned him as a child. There, in the early hours, he comes upon the wonderland designed by his father, where tramps leave the streets to take part in a weird writers’ residency and sex shops form the cornerstone of a utopian project that aims to do away with money.
Believing that she is destined to live a life in which only disagreeable things happen, Berta sets out to find something to provide her with a different vision of reality. Her mother hides behind an appearance and decisions that she doesn't always recognise as her own.
"The Huemul" is a wonderful story about a deer who was born to be free, yet submits to domestication, domination and even the worst kinds of humiliation. And all because of fear. Fear of the unknown, of leaving his comfort zone and daring to live his dreams. This is a fable about how to transform our fears in order to achieve a fuller life, the life we truly deserve.
After the success of Fine Rain, Landero is back with his own memories and reading of his universe, in this memorable book that beautifully traces memories as a child in Extremadura, a teenager recently arrived in Madrid and a young man beginning his working life, with stories and situations displayed in the book with the same passion and voracity as the real world.