El Hormiguero

What is so seductive about the idea of escaping? Why do we all feel the desire to flee and only few dare to fulfill it? In this novel, Norma Knot introduces us to four possible artists of escapism: Sofia, a woman caught in her own melancholy that is not able to run away from herself; Carmelo, an old escapist that is able to break away from a magic box while he continues to be trapped in a tortuous relationship; Sebastian, a former prodigy boy trying to forget the disillusion that he caused his parents and, finally, a Bengala tiger that escapes from its captivity causing chaos in the city. The ...

Un thriller provocador, una tragicomèdia familiar políticament incorrecta. La millor novel·la de Herman Koch, traduïda a deu llengües i inspirada en el crim del caixer automàtic de Barcelona. Fins on pot arribar un pare per protegir el seu fill? Fins a quin punt pot justificar una acció abominable que li pot destruir la vida, que el pot tancar a la presó durant anys? Dues parelles surten una nit a sopar a un restaurant de moda. Parlen de les últimes pellícules, de les vacances... del que sigui per evitar abordar allò que més els preocupa: el futur dels seus fills. Després duna...

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Después del gran éxito de su novela Comanche, Jesús Maeso de la Torre regresa a los territorios de Nuevo México de Texas, Arkansas, Montana, Mississippi y California, que pertenecieron durante tres siglos al Imperio español, y revive las correrías de los dragones tras los indios, la vida en las misiones y el gran esfuerzo que hizo la Corona por mantener su influencia en el sudoeste de los Estados Unidos. Año del Señor de 1781, misión de San Gabriel, California. El padre prior, fray Daniel Cepeda, alarmado ante la oleada de asaltos de los indios yumas (cuya inequívoca y cruel firma...