Celiaca de amor

The Clasicos Chicanos/Chicano Classics series is intended to ensure the long-term accessibility of deserving works of Chicano literature and culture that have become unavailable over the years or that are in imminent danger of becoming inaccessible. Each of the volumes includes an introduction contextualizing the work within Chicano literature and a bibliography of works by and about the author. The series is designed to be a vehicle that will help in the recuperation of Raza literary history and permit the continued experience and enjoyment of our literature by both present and future...

Rocío es una mujer de provincias, estudiada, que decide ir a trabajar a Madrid. Desde su juventud tiene romances con hombres buscando divertirse y controlar su propio destino. Hasta que se cruza con Victor, directivo de la empresa aseguradora en la que trabaja, quien tejerá una tela de araña alrededor de Rocío sobre la que vivirán una vida juntos. Una vida en la que nada es lo que parece.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Magnificent: a dizzying tale of drama, intrigue and passion' MAIL ON SUNDAY As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Yet the mystery surrounding the death of his mother continues to plague his soul. Just when Daniel believes he is close to solving this enigma, a conspiracy more sinister...

Más que cronista o historiador, confidente casi, Álvaro Vargas Llosa nos lleva en esta obra apasionante a sentir el latido del corazón de Francisca, la hija mestiza de Pizarro -fruto de sus amores con la princesa inca Inés Huaylas. A lo largo de los años, ante los ojos de la joven heredera de dos mundos se suceden episodios capitales en la historia de la España Moderna y la conquista del Perú: la división indígena, los enfrentamientos entre los conquistadores, el riesgo de sedición para la corona española, la constitución del poder virreinal... Una vida cuyo destino final es...