El somni de la ciutat

Sydamerikansk roman fra en isoleret landsby, omgivet af sumpe og urskove og beboet af fantaster, som dog både tillader fantasiens frihed og hverdagens realisme

Bienvenidos. Esta es una simple colección de pesadillas, no tiene grandes pretensiones si no dejarte entrar en los pliegues de mi mente. Creo que todos tuvimos pesadillas, con los ojos cerrados. Bueno, soy un super especialista en pesadillas con los ojos cerrados. Las pesadillas con los ojos cerrados son mi maldición personal: las he tenido desde que era niña y nunca entendí la razón. Mi infancia siempre ha estado vinculada al temor de que algo catastrófico iba a suceder, para mí o para las personas que amaba. A menudo tuve sentimientos como ese aire frío que causa el escalofrío...

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...

This is about the life of Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron. He grows up in the baron's castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss, who teaches him that this world is "the best of all possible worlds." Candide falls in love with the baron's young daughter and the baron catches the two kissing and expels Candide from his home. On his own for the first time, this is the begining of the real Candide's life.