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The 25 stories in "Cançons d'amor i de pluja are structured like a recital of emotions and reflections on the vulnerabilities and most absurd rituals of maturity With precise style and intensely charged, Pàmies reinterprets the cliches of archetypal romanticism and the obligations of sentimental hypochondria.
On the day following the proclamation of Independence in Equatorial Guinea, in a black neighbourhood of Santa Isabel on the island of Fernando Po, someone finds the body of Pablo Montesinos, one of the ringleaders of the Spanish community in the city.
Nevena's past as a sex slave comes back to haunt both her and her daughter Marina. During the time when she had been forced into prostitution, she had lived in several countries and been owned by a number of masters; although she had been subject to many criminal acts, one very concrete thing that happened during those times has consequences twelve years later.
It is the first century BC. After rebelling against Sulla and seeking refuge in Africa, the Roman general Quintus Sertorius is advancing through the Iberian peninsula without opposition. The Lusitanians have joined their forces and there are few who dare confront them, although there is a rumour that Rome has formed another army led by Pompey to try and finish him off.
This is a story in which goddesses, cows and first love all intermingle. A marvellous, realistic tale about one summer in a northern city, and about the discovery of sex. With his father on remand, young Ludi Rivero Pelayo is free to enjoy life with no authority figure bearing down upon him, and the summer is his.