Sociología del Renacimiento

La historia original del moro de Venecia, de Gianbattista Giraldi Cinthio (1565), sirvió a William Shakespeare para crear Otelo, la única de sus grandes tragedias basada en una obra de ficción. Contraviniendo la imagen isabelina del moro, Shakespeare invierte los papeles de los protagonistas y otorga al moro Otelo el carácter de hombre noble y aristocrático, mientras que reserva para el italiano Yago la perversidad y la hipocresía, desarrollando en él uno de los estudios más profundos del mal. Al final, el protagonista, como un auténtico héroe trágico, consciente de su degradación ...

Features thestories of two men who faithfully followed God in the shadows of leaders chosen by Him, without seeking recognition or fame.

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 ...

La storia di un cittadino smarrito nei labirinti del capitale. Un thriller ambientato nel mondo delle banche, che racconta la sconcertante fragilità del sistema finanziario. «Nei romanzi di Suter sempre prevalgono l’ironia, il fascino, una indiscutibile eleganza. Probabilmente uno dei migliori autori contemporanei» (Le Nouvel Observateur).