Vidas de mujer

A funny glimpse into the lives of five people connected to one branch of the ubiquitous Global Hotel chain. Brought together -- and forced apart -- by a bizarre incident involving a dumb waiter, we share their very different experiences of the life in the aftermath of death, of pain and sorrow, of hope and love -- everything, in fact, that the world dares to throw at us.

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Escrita a ritmo de tango y ballet, esta novela narra la historia de tres personajes sepultados bajo los escombros de su pasado. Atrapados en una telaraña invisible de relaciones y sentimientos contradictorios, se obstinarán en ocultar su caos existencial por miedo a verse rechazados o heridos. Tres universos creativos, tres realidades distorsionadas y una búsqueda incesante que los arrastrará hasta un callejón sin salida. Aunque todo parece perdido, una idéntica pasión conseguirá hacerlos avanzar por la cornisa de sus existencias: el baile. Buenos Aires, Barcelona y Londres. Tres...

Set in Victorian England, this book is a disturbing gothic story that will send shivers down your spine. Hardly married for a few months, Elsie has become a widow and is sent to live at her late husband's crumbling estate, The Bridge. Surrounded by resentful servants, Elsie has only her husband's awkward cousin for company. But the new home is no less hostile, as suddenly closed rooms open, and she encounters painted wooden figures that terrify the servants of The Bridge with their restless, following eyes.