El río del Edén

A moving story of a father and his adolescent son which will steal your heart. 'They say that a human being takes a little over eight seconds to fall in love, and while you gazed at and listened to that girl, you felt that unconquerable desire for proximity in which love cloaks itself when it arises.' In the company of his son Silvio, Daniel visits parts of Alto Tajo, the legendary place where he plans to scatter his wife's ashes. They are the same places where the man and woman, in their first youth, shared a strong and passionate love. On their walk, the man recalls his moving story of love, betrayal and repentance. Narrated using a second person voice which brings together a stream of consciousness and objective narration, this new novel by José María Merino confronts once more the alien and indifferent spaces of nature.