La amalgama de Katón

The marquis of Villafria, having squandered his fortune on a dissolute life in Madrid, has had to retire to rural Andalusia, to the town of Villafria, with his young daughter Dona Luz. There he comes under the sway of Don Acisclo, his one-time steward, who, by dint of shrewdness and hard and diligent work, has ended up with the marquis's property, estates, and influence. After the marquis's death, Don Acisclo, his own family grown and living elsewhere, insists that Dona Luz come to live with him. At first she resists, but ultimately yields, because, impoverished as she is and with the cloud...

Después de matar a su marido, Agamenón, Clitemestra entrega su hija Electra a un campesino para evitar que tenga ella descendencia noble con derecho a reclamar el trono. ... Al final, Electra es obligada a casarse con Pílades. Orestes es desterrado, y se lo somete a un juicio por su pecado.

Entre la esperanza y el arrepentimiento cabe un suspiro. Y en ese suspiro pasamos gran parte de nuestra vida. Erri Gargiulo, el nuevo y sorprendente personaje de Lorenzo Marone, vivo, simpático e intenso como el inolvidable Cesare Annunziata de La tentación de ser felices, protagoniza una extraordinaria novela sobre las familias de hoy y cuenta lo mucho que influyen en nuestra vida las personas que nos rodean, tendiendo a moldear nuestro carácter. Hasta el día en que comprendemos que, si no queremos vivir una vida que no es la nuestra, hay que rebelarse contra quien nos quiere... Erri...

When Abigail Foster's family is forced to sell their home in London, a strange lawyer appears with an incredible offer: they can go live in a relative's house that has been abandoned for 16 years. When they arrive at Pembrooke Park, the town's attractive pastor warns them to be careful of the people looking for a rumored treasure hidden in a secret room. In an effort to improve her family's economic situation, Abigail begins to look for the treasure. She receives letters with clues about the room and house's past. Will she find it or love?