Susurros de demencia

Inesperadamente: "Bing mantenía sus dudas. Zoe, a su entender, era digna de amor. Más, no por ello, aquellos hombres habían de amarla, desinteresadamente. Zoe Bianchi tenía mucho dinero, demasiado dinero para esperar sólo amor en la vida. ¿Y a él qué diablos le importaba que fuera más o menos querida? Era su amiga, su vecina, y cuando pasaba junto a su casa le sonreía suavemente y le decía buenos días o buenas tardes o buenas noches. Todo se reducía a eso. Él no podía pensar en una mujer como Zoe. No tenía dinero, vivía del producto de aquella pequeña granja, tenía dos...

In tenth century Rome, a rich family creates complicated plots in order to reach to the most select circles of power and wealth, and a teenager must surrender her virginity to the Sovereign in exchange for his influence to open the way that in the future will take her to the imperial throne.

From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, "the other," and tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much...

This book offers a collection of 24 Hispanic short stories by both male and female authors. Containing an introduction to the Short Story in both English and Spanish, this collection includes a variety of selections that were chosen for their content, style, and cultural contexts. All selections in this anthology, written by authors from Spain, Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Colombia, and the United States, demonstrate the common themes of social hierarchy, the power of the imagination, human psychology, gender...