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Georges Miet writes made-to-order mass-market stories for the French publishing house La Fortune, until one day his editor asks him for a 'serious' novel about the tragic events that shook the vibrant city of Biarritz fifteen years before, in 1925, during the summer season. The body of a local young woman was found tied to a mooring ring in the docks.
in life, in landscape, in society, proud castles take precedence, dominating everything, while around them there are areas of shadow, miserable or charming. A romantic novel centring on two great characters, Every Castle and All the Shadows constitutes a formidable sizing up of contemporary Barcelona through its contradictions, its past, its tragedy and illusions.
'Are you afraid of flying? You will be.' Aviation, Electronic Voice Phenomena, ancient Celtic myths... all this and more is brought together in this masterful novel. An airline pilot leaves a trail of death and blood behind him.
The Cantar de mio Cid is an anonymous epic poem relating heroic deeds, freely inspired by the last years in the life of the Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz el Campeador. It is the first long narrative of Spanish literature written in a romance language and is notable for the literary value of its style. It was composed – as is generally agreed by contemporary critics – around 1200.
Lang, a failed detective who drifts from one day to the next between empty romantic flings, is surprised to receive an invitation from the marquis of Catedral to attend a party at his mansion for the inauguration of the Alanka building, headquarters of his latest and most ambitious business venture.