La mujer del kimono blanco

A principios del Renacimiento los maestros florentinos dominan el secreto matemático de la perspectiva, y los flamencos, el misterio alquímico de los pigmentos. No obstante, una guerra abierta entre ambas escuelas mantiene al mundo sin el pintor perfecto, aquel que domine lo mejor de ambas escuelas: la perfección de las formas y la luminosidad de los colores.

En la isla y colonia francesa de San Lorenzo, la vida cotidiana de los habitantes se entrelaza en esta narrativa donde la memoria se convierte en la protagonista. Los habitantes de San Lorenzo tienen diferentes deseos. Desde la busqueda de fortunas y deseos de revolución e independencia, hasta los deseos más humanos de amor, sexo e inmortalidad. Las vidas cotidianas de estos personajes se cruzan en San Lorenzo, donde cada interacción que tienen entre ellos cambiará la manera en la que cada uno recuerda su pasado. Con el uso de la memoria como un personaje más en la narración, Manglano...

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La Momia (The Mummy) is a horror novel set in modern-day Mexico where the citizens are once again caught in the middle of a raging drug war between the Mexican Mafia, Los Federales, the American DEA and Homeland Security. Ricky Valdez is facing the death sentence in northern Coahuila, recently reinstated as a backlash against the epidemic of drug violence. He has been framed by the Government for a string of executions by the Aztec 666, the most vicious of the drug gangs in El Norte. Numerous witnesses claim that an Aztec mummy had been resurrected to carry out the murders. Lieutenant Leo...