Who was the first person to discover that the World was round? Who was first to navigate it? Who the first to leave it to reach the Moon? Did Persians invent Paradise? Did the Black Death help to develop the printing press?
París, 1 August, 1914. In Madame Durieux's pension, young people from all nations come together, in a cosmopolitan mix of races and tongues, all eager to enjoy the febrile vitality of the City of Light. But on that day, everything changes.
Bea thinks that adults behave strangely and worry about things that, to her, seem insignificant or plain idiotic.
Readers will not find a linear narrative in these pages, for the plot is established by way of successive glimpses, which, led by the actions of the protagonists, exposes a series of deplorable human and social events, yet which are so authentic t
The book opens with a horrific scene: a bomb blast in Madrid. The characters appear gradually, in real time, during the hours following the explosion. The repercussions of the bomb mingle with personal stories at a frantic pace.
Cities, fidelity, homosexuality, cowardice, vengeance, loss of identity, the love of books, smuggling and orphanhood are some of the themes that comprise this extraordinary book, who
Los cuidados, la fidelidad, la homosexualidad, la cobardía, la venganza, la suplantación de identidad, el amor por los libros, el contrabando o la orfandad son algunos de los temas que componen este libro estremecedor donde el paño de fondo siempr
Although Virginia never had a good relationship with her father, she feels duty-bound to visit him every day at the clinic where he lies in a coma. She is a woman obsessed with illness, and symptoms reveal more to her than words.
On a Tuesday like any other, on the streets of Madrid a young, strangely dressed woman is murdered with a small kitchen knife. The Murderer could be anyone, but not the dead woman; she is unique, a victim, perhaps casual, perhaps not.
Travel and daydream with this pop-up book. Each page reveals the setting for an exciting journey and the vehicle that will transport us. Eleven landscapes full of colour and poetry, traversed by bicycle, by train, by helicopter, even by sleigh!
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