El año del frío

Two literary geniuses coexist in the Barcelona of the sixties. Just a few meters separate their apartments, they see each other almost daily. They write about each other, share friendships, party nights, conversations about books and writing, and above all the brilliant start to their literary careers which, under the leadership of who would become one of the most powerful literary agents in the world, will lead them both to have millions of readers in all corners of the planet and to be awarded the Cervantes Prize and the Nobel Prize among many other recognitions. Until one day, in Mexico...

The tropical forest in the coast of Oaxaca is usually in the scenery os Da Jandra´s narrative. This time, instead of violent men, his main characters are animals that must cope with the restless pursuit or the inept features of the people who inhabit in that mixture of paradise and hell.

From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, "the other," and tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much...

Historias breves con bibliotecas y librerías, lectores y escritores, talleres y ferias. Cincuenta y seis preciosas anécdotas, crónicas y relatos en los que la vida se mira como en un espejo. "Como un remanso secreto, se puede advertir la piedad de María Teresa Andruetto, su sabiduría, su convicción de que las leyes feroces que a veces rigen el comportamiento de la gente podrían, en algún cruce del camino, ser trasgredidas". Liliana Heker ¿Qué hace que tengamos tanta necesidad de contar y tanto gusto por escuchar historias? María Teresa Andruetto indaga en los recovecos de ese...