Túnel en la frontera

Dan, un barman que lleva una vida relativamente apacible junto su esposa y su hija, pierde los estribos cuando se le presenta un hermanastro del que no tenía ninguna noticia, y lo más grave del asunto es que, a diferencia de Dan, su hermano Richard es negro. Eso despierta un resorte que Dan desconocía de sí mismo, al que acaba matando, da un vuelco a la vido del barman.

Lucía Garrido is a successful surgeon with a tragic past and a suffocating present she can barely sustain. She is trapped in a loveless marriage, a dead-end job, and the demands of parenthood which--by a seemingly-unquestionable social division of labor--seem to have befallen only her. But the sudden death of her absent father shakes her out of her inertia. She decides to show up at the funeral under the pretext of accompanying her uncle, the man who raised her after her mother's suicide and her twin sister's estrangement. Little does she know that returning to her hometown will provide a...

COMMENTS ON RUTMAN’S WRITINGS "a very warm, lively tale... a reasonable, friendly, calm voice." Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize in literature PRAISE FOR “COMRADE STALIN CHANGED HIS HAIRCUT” “[The book] is rich in good plot, a great deal of interesting detail, and written with imaginative language and literary talent.” Edward Kline, author and editor (New York) “The piece is full-fledged, as dense as a tree. The intrigue is truly captivating. Indeed, I took the characters’ adventures very close to heart. The [main] idea is very neat. It’s - why not? -fantastic! It must be...

Alex debe viajar a París por motivos profesionales y le pide a su novia, Angela, que lo acompañe. Paralelamente, a ella le encargan un trabajito en la capital francesa que podría suponer un importante ascenso en su carrera. Mientras Angela se prepara para disfrutar de su estancia en la ciudad del amor, alguien conspira desde la sombra para sabotear su gran oportunidad. Sus sueños de pasión parisina, además, empiezan a desmoronarse cuando ve a Alex manteniendo un tête-à-tête con su ex novia en un bar. Con Londres y su antigua vida a la vuelta de la esquina, Angela deberá decidir si...