La pequeña de los Hemsley

Resistencia, a obra que constitúe o debut de Rosa Aneiros en Xerais Narrativa, percorre a historia política e social de Portugal, a través da vida de personaxes pertencentes a varias xeracións, desde os anos vinte ata os anos noventa do século XX. Mercé ao relato, a través dunha voz narrativa omnisciente, preferentemente presentada en terceira persoa, que protagonizan os personaxes principais –Dinís e Filipa– artéllase un percorrido centrado na represión exercida en Portugal durante as dictaduras de Salazar e Marcelo Caetano e na actividade da resistencia clandestina...

« Il m’apparaît assez clair que les personnes entassées dans cette rame de métro n’atteignent pas les objectifs de joie quotidienne qu’elles se sont fixés, si elles s’en fixent encore. Je souris. Au milieu de tous ces légumes ramollis, j’ai envie de me mettre à danser et à chanter. J’ai envie de prendre mon vieux voisin par la main et de le faire bouger, de coller des sourires sur leur visage fatigué. Si seulement j’avais l’audace, je me lèverais et j’irais me présenter : - Bonjour, je m’appelle Antoine. Aujourd’hui, je pars en Australie ! »

A dry and bitter story (vital and optimistic at the same time) narrates the unimaginable life of B?, a "writer" born in Auschwitz who was baptized with the letter B and a series of numbers tattooed on his thigh. B? commits suicide shortly after the fall of Communism in Hungary, in 1990, and his editor friend Keser?, tries to narrate his life while he searches for B?'s unpublished novel. In 150 pages Kert?sz describes the torture of writing about horror and, defends the power of love, literature and memories to overcome the Auschwitz experience.

Straight-laced and anxiety-ridden Anna never expected to save someone's life. When she sees a woman standing on the ledge of a bridge, she can't help but intervene. The unexpected kindness from a stranger changes the course of Kylie's life. Only now, she has to figure out a way to tell her creepy boss that she can't exactly dance around a dimly lit pole with an ugly cast halfway up her leg. Kylie's scars are inked upon her body, while Anna can't go a whole day without popping painkillers. Determined to make her therapist proud, Anna takes a chance on opening her heart and her home to someone...