On many afternoons, after fishing for a while “granddad would take me home”. There, the young narrator of this story will understand, much more so than he would in front of the sea, what it means to be a fish wounded by the “cruelty” of the hook.
He's been fascinated by the stars for as long as he can remember. His passion leads him to undertake an incredible journey full of surprises and discoveries, also about himself.
Already an old man, Cayute, the central character of the novel, undertakes an exercise in retrospection, through which we learn the history of Almoneda, an imaginary territory on the frontier between Spain and Portugal.
Alberti was a noisy child whose burping was louder than a bear in the wild. All that roaring, as well he knows, left him singing very low.
In The English Cemetery, Rafael Torres turns to the grand tours made in their day by romance European travellers, most especially English ones.
Jana has travelled to Africa with her lucky winged pony. Following the advice of a little fairy, she has come to this continent in search of the answers to her questions about love and the meaning of life.
Extremely inquisitive eyes, a long sausage of a nose, great flapping ears, feet, hands... Oh go on, tell us, what do you look like?
One afternoon, whilst they walk along the beach at Chirimena, Mariana and Arturo find an amputated finger at the water's edge. Arturo, who is under the influence of cannabis, keeps the finger.
Coming back home from school, at weekends, on holidays … playing is always so enjoyable! There are as many games as you can imagine. Which one is your favourite?
Philosophy in the theatre. Everything is conveniently arranged so that we can hear the dialogues: the characters, the scenery, the special effects. The real drama of a life and thoughts in their context.