Known for her beauty and angelic voice, Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, la Belle Créole, was a Cuban-born star of nineteenth-century Parisian society. She befriended aristocrats and artists alike, including Balzac, Baron de Rothschild, Rossini, and the opera diva La Malibran. A daughter of the creole aristocracy, Mercedes led a tumultuous life, leaving her native Havana as a teenager to join her mother in the heart of Madrid's elite society. As...

Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past...

Introduces sixteen of the most important paintings in Madrid's Prado Museum; discusses their artists, subjects, and history; and invites readers to find objects hidden in the illustrations.

"Pablo llega a Madrid para empezar de cero y cumplir su sueño de ser actor. Siguiendo esa continua necesidad de que pase cualquier cosa que lo cambie todo, se convierte en un «desgastaaceras» de tanto patear la ciudad y relacionarse con la extraña fauna que la puebla. Dos personajes serán decisivos para su futuro: Elia, una segurata del museo Thyssen, fascinada por el pintor americano Edward Hopper, y... el fantasma de Pío Baroja."--back cover...

"¿Qué es lo evidente?", te preguntarás. Lo evidente es que todo forma parte de un plan maestro para que las almas se encuentren". Así comienza el enigmático manuscrito que el hombre de las gafas redondas entrega a Ruth en el momento más desconcertante de su vida. Entre sus páginas, ella encontrará un hilo del que tirar para deshacer su madeja de disfraces y mentiras. ¿Quién es ese desconocido que aparece y se desvanece como por arte de magia...

Marie works as a messenger in downtown Madrid, and between packages and letters, she carries dreams to the addressees. She also has some of her own, and needs to fulfill them. That strength allows her to continue in the city, without perishing from the nightmares that keep her awake at night and the absences to which she still can't say goodbye. Six months back, she had to flee from her hometown in France, but her special stay in Madrid takes a definitive...