El delirio del absurdo

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Magnificent: a dizzying tale of drama, intrigue and passion' MAIL ON SUNDAY As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Yet the mystery surrounding the death of his mother continues to plague his soul. Just when Daniel believes he is close to solving this enigma, a conspiracy more sinister...

La gran novela del romanticismo francés, una obra épica sobre el triunfo de quienes conservan intacta su conciencia en un mundo de miserias. Los miserables se publicó en 1862, cuando Victor Hugo se hallaba exiliado en Bélgica tras la restauración napoleónica del Imperio. Y podría considerarse que es el exilio, la obligada falta de pertenencia, uno de los motores de la gran novela del romanticismo francés: el exilio social y psicológico gobierna la vida de Jean Valjean, un «noble bruto», un buen hombre que lucha por los que, como él, son injustamente perseguidos. Situada entre las...

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 ...

Anne Levis era una azafata de vuelo que vivía una existencia feliz y tranquila, hasta que un día, en la ruta París-Londres que hacía todas las semanas, se encuentra con una insistente mirada de un hombre que, acompañado siempre de una mujer, no deja de observarla. La sigue en Londres y en París, le envía rosas, y ella sigue sin saber quién es. Inquieta y abrumada, una noche se lo encuentra y sus ojos se clavan en su mirada como un imán.