La vida entre slogans

In the summer of 1936, the ship that carried the great writer Stefan Zweig to America stopped over at the port of Vigo. With the dramatic echoes of the Civil War resounding in the Galician atmosphere, the writer walked through the streets and stopped in front of the window of a small bookstore and met its owner, Ramón, a man who, like him, is aware of the value of Literature. That meeting will be the seed of a fleeting but valuable friendship.

A novel by a celebrated Mexican author, set during the last years of the Spanish Civil War, explores the roles that chance and truth play in people's lives, and whether ignorance can in fact be bliss at times.

Ella podía detectar a un seductor a un kilómetro de distancia... ¿Qué hacía Damon Hurst, un célebre chef en Grace Harbor? Cierto, intentaba salvar la antigua posada que había pertenecido a su familia desde hacía más de dos generaciones, pero ayudar a sus padres no le daba carta blanca con ella. Cady había oído los rumores: el desfile de busconas de famosos, las fiestas desenfrenadas. No pensaba ser otra muesca en su registro de conquistas. Aquella pelirroja de ojos color caramelo no se parecía a ninguna mujer que Damon hubiera conocido. Quizá él estuviera acostumbrado a salirse...

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?