La llamada del Oeste (Colección Oeste)

A journalist and assistant in a veterinary clinic, flashes back towards an episode in his life when he met a man who used to walk by the beach with two Russian dogs. After several meetings, the man said Jaime Lopez was his name, and began to tell him his confidences focusing on the figure of Trotsky's murderer, Ramon Mercader, of whom he claims have been friends.

Cuatro amigos, dos chicos y dos chicas nacidos en 1920, crecen juntos en el barrio obrero de la Barceloneta. Empiezan a descubrir el mundo en un ambiente humilde y libertario, y la proclamación de la República les abre un anchísimo horizonte de posibilidades, ilusiones y esperanzas. Pero la Guerra Civil y la posterior represión franquista lo rompen todo. La vida de los cuatro personajes y de sus familias queda marcada por el impacto de unos hechos históricos que influyen de una manera especialmente trágica en la relación de amor y de amistad entre los dos chicos, Germinal y David. El...

Soon to be a Netflix film directed by Charlie Kaufman. Jake and his girlfriend are on a drive to visit his parents at their remote farm. After dinner at the family home, things begin to get worryingly strange. And when he leaves her stranded in a snowstorm at an abandoned high school later that night, what follows is a chilling exploration of psychological frailty and the limitations of reality. Iain Reid’s intense, suspenseful debut novel will have readers’ nerves jangling. A series of tiny clues sprinkled through the relentlessly paced narrative culminate in a haunting twist on the...

Young architect Michael Hillyard and artist Nancy McAllister are determined to get married despite his wealthy mother's disapproval. Then, minutes before their wedding, a terrifying accident and a cruel deception separate Michael and Nancy -- perhaps forever. Each pursues a new life -- Nancy in California, Michael in New York. But eventually nothing -- and no one -- can keep them apart as they keep their vow never to say good-bye.