Dime que no es verdad

In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches its protagonist into a world of seductive loveliness and nightmarish intrigue. And as he follows Drake's journey, Mason dazzles readers with his erudition, moves them with his vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in the...

Una historia apasionante que sigue a sus protagonistas a través de la India, África y América a lo largo de cinco décadas. Mientras la India celebra su flamante independencia, la abadesa de un convento de carmelitas en Madrás hace realidad uno de sus sueños más audaces: enviar a África dos jóvenes monjas enfermeras con la noble misión de transmitir el amor de Cristo ayudando a mitigar el dolor de los que sufren. Siete años más tarde, en el modesto hospital Missing de Adis Abeba nacen dos varones gemelos, Marion y Shiva Stone. El hecho no tendría nada de particular si no fuera...

Isabelle Catherine Hutting likes to spend time in the library before going to the dance hall in search of a husband. When she finds out that a space opened up in the house in town for single women, she decides to set aside her marriage plans. She will first have to speak to Marcus, the Duke of Hart, owner of the property, in order to move in. He turns out to be the most attractive man she has ever seen . He is immediately attracted to her, but he is not interested in relationships. An old curse weighs heavy on his mind that no duke in his family will live long enough to see an heir born....

La historia de amor entre Qüity, una cronista de la sección policial de un diario, y Cleopatra, una travesti que ha abandonado la prostitución desde que se le aparece la Virgen. Siguiendo sus consejos, organiza en la villa El Poso, donde viven, una feliz utopía. Autora finalista del 2020 International Booker Prize. «Una de las novelas más aptas a esta efervescencia social de la lengua, y también más bellas y agudas.» Silvia Hopenhayn Exuberante y desbocada, barroca y veloz, exquisita y barriobajera es esta novela. "Pura materia enloquecida de azar", como pensaba que era la vida...