La monja alférez

Robin Selkirk recibe una carta que pone fin a su plácida vida en el sur de España. Debe volver a Escocia a reclamar una herencia de su antepasado Alexander Selkirk, el marino que sirvió de inspiración para el legendario Robinson Crusoe.

Spain, 1936: NBC Radio, New York, sends two young reporters, Tom Wells and Meg Austin, to Madrid where Franco and his revolutionary fascist generals have plunged the country into a ruthless civil conflict. The lovers experience the ambiguities, dangers and drama of war-time Spain. They witness the heartbreaking scenes of civilian-soldiers armed with ancient weapons and little ammunition fighting experienced, well-supplied combat troops. Bombs fall on civilian neighborhoods dropped by Hitlers and Mussolinis bombers. The fascists support Franco, the Russian Communists the Republic, while the...

When the encounter long sought by mankind -- first contact with intelligent beings from outer space -- occurred two years ago in a remote area of the Idaho Panhandle, the event was not marked in the heavens with strange lights or on Earth with newspaper headlines. It began prosaically one Thursday morning in late May... "Where are you from?" She glanced toward the eastern ridge, studying it, and for a moment he thought she might point to a rock or a tree. Weighing her answer carefully, she pointed toward the top of the ridge and said, "From there." "From the other side of the mountain?" he...

Una novela íntima y política que narra la vida de una familia de emigrantes españoles en la Alemania del Este y dibuja el Berlín oriental, una ciudad permanentemente alerta desde los ojos de una niña que crece. Novela ganadora del premio El Ojo Crítico de RNE de Narrativa 2017. Berlín, 1956. La tarde con más frío de todo el invierno, las manos de una niña se ensucian de carbón. Berlín, 1958. En esas mismas manos hay un secreto o un recuerdo, una insignia con tres letras grabadas: PCE. Berlín, 1961. La sangre de las sardinas ha quedado al otro lado porque un muro ha partido la...