La perfección del silencio

Mi tío el empleado relata la historia de don Vicente Cuevas, que llega a Cuba de España a bordo de un bergantín, sin más carta de presentación que una recomendación del señor marqués de Casa Vetusta. La novela es narrada por el sobrino de Vicente; y denuncia cómo los funcionarios de la colonia se corrompen y enriquecen. Este relato de Ramón Meza transcurre entre sórdidas oficinas, en el lujo grotesco de los advenedizos y oportunistas. José Martí dijo que su estilo es tan preciso que parece una hoja de espada a la vaina.

Javier Goitia es un periodista de investigación con una larga trayectoria a sus espaldas, que acaba de ser despedido. Para pasar el golpe, se dirige a G..., donde tiene un amigo que lo acoge durante un tiempo y donde espera repensar su futuro. En la cafetería del tren, Javier se detiene fascinado por una mujer pensativa a la que no se atreve a abordar pero que le dejará una huella imborrable. Una noche en que Javier está tomando unas copas, mientras fuma un cigarrillo a la puerta de un local, oye unos quejidos que vienen de un callejón. Cuando se acerca, ve cómo un hombre sale corriendo ...

Max Martin has fallen on hard times. His career in journalism has taken a dive. His marriage is on the rocks and his two lovely kids are away. A chance visit to a local Art Gallery sets him on a quest to find the Artist who he thinks is very trendy. Following this trail, the journey takes him across New Zealand and eventually across continents. Max decides to rejuvenate his flagging writing career by writing a novel, tentatively, titled: Beautiful Brushstrokes. He records all the research in his notes and eventually finds, part way through, that his quest is shaping up to be something more...

In 1982, when he was just three years old, Samir was abandoned by his mother on the beach of El Saler. She blindfolded him and said: Don't move, I'll come right away. But she never did. No one knew why she did not return and that child ended up in a juvenile center with no other identity than his name and a handful of memories. Samir grew up among orphans and disinherited from the world, but with the determination to have a chance in life. Thirty years after his mother left him on that beach, Samir is no longer a helpless child, but a captain of the Valencia Judicial Police. However, his past ...