Balas de carmín

The poets of old spoke of Seers gifted with waking dreams, of Sentinels, who could take the form of the beasts of the air, and who watched over the sacred lands. Then the age of gifts came to an end. Over a hundred years, Seers and Sentinels became as Legends, stories told to wide-eyed children at night. Annalisia is secretly a seer. A princess with a courageous spirit. And a soft spot for Legends. Jovanni is secretly a legend. A commoner with little patience for pampered royals. On the eve of a royal ball, Anna longs for nothing more than to escape. Her duty, a marriage of alliance with a...

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love. Perfectly constructed, funny, and moving, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a tale of modern Japan and...

A 1989 plot against Fidel Castro, led by a mysterious figure known only as "General Sombra"--General Shadow--leads the people involved into a maze of contradictory emotions, as the Cuban leader confronts his own conscience.

Una excéntrica y reputada escritora barcelonesa, de avanzada edad, aparece de pronto en casa de su hermano y, malhumorada y displicente, le espeta: "Como podrás imaginar, he venido aquí a morir". Otra mujer, cuarenta y pocos años, en crisis –roto su matrimonio, sin rumbo profesional–, se lanza a los brazos de su amante en busca de una salida desesperada a la confusión que la embarga. Esta novela narra el encuentro entre ambas mujeres, obligadas a convivir en una situación límite. Saben que no tienen casi nada en común, pero a lo largo del relato un vínculo intangible se irá...