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A young Australian travelling for academic purposes in Europe visits a monastery in Spain and is waylaid by an old man selling his produce by the roadside at a nearby war cemetery. He innocently asks about the massive eucalypt trees in the monastery grounds and is then entranced by the old man and the story he tells of their history which weaves together the secret 16th-century exploration of Terra Australis, the Emperor Charles V, the dedication of a botanist, fundamentals of gardening and the wonder of Nature. "I found myself translating a story written by someone I hardly knew, about some...

Lo que nunca supiste: Memorias de un Loco Cuerdo, es un boleto exclusivo con permiso intrnseco para hacer un viaje por la mente y el alma atormentadas de aquel que vio sustituidas; las risas, los juegos, sorpresas, dulces, cuentos, pasteles, parques y regalos agradables, por tener que lidiar con una gran cantidad de torbellinos, temores, dudas y situaciones tan caticas y crueles que mermaran hasta la capacidad de amar. Situaciones tan confusas que solo una mente privilegiada optara por levantar muros que a la postre la mantendran alejada de la locura permanente y de la definicin justificada...

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