El peligro de perder la paciencia cuando pones gasolina

Domingo Bernel is a Colombian journalist who has lived a solitary life in Barcelona for many years. He writes a column for a prestigious newspaper, but far from leading the socially agitated life of a successful columnist, he spends most of his time alone due to a strange quirk: he can't stand to be in contact with objects. From a simple can opener to the garter belt used by his lover to seduce him, any object represents a tortuous challenge to Bernel, becoming increasingly more difficult to face and dragging him to unsuspected limits. Domingo Bernel es un periodista colombiano que lleva...

Una extraña y obsesiva historia de amor en la que ambos amantes, aunque de muy diferentes formas, serán cómplices y culpables. José María, un hombre de ambigua sexualidad y que vive al amparo de su madre, sufre un perpetuo conflicto: ama a las mujeres, pero rechaza una relación íntima, lo que le ha llevado a sus cuarenta y seis años a una escasa y difícil vida sentimental y a crearse un mundo ficticio. Cuando se entera de que Ana, una mujer amiga de su madre y de la que siempre estuvo enamorado, acaba de enviudar, empezará a llamarla y a salir con ella. Pero Ana, una conocida...

1072, en una Inglaterra devastada tras las guerras y rebeliones a raíz de la invasión normanda, un misterioso mercenario francés llamado Vallon acepta una misión peligrosa. Debe de viajar por Europa en busca de cuatro preciados halcones blancos para...

This novel lays bare the customs and conditions most young girls face in traditional African society south of the Sahara, while in transition from adolescence to womanhood. The priority of parents is for marriage, which produces pressure on both mother and daughter. In this story, Amina, the mother of Sadia, faces the odds of traditional settings to meet the expected standard in marriage. Dankantata is the rebellious suitor to Sadia, and against wisdom and logic, is a hard-core traditionalist. He will not bow down for a minute against his ego, even when it is in his own self-interest to...