Berserk

Three women in a Scottish fishing village look toward the future after a devastating tragedy in this life-affirming novel inspired by historical events. After a catastrophic storm tore through the village of Eyemouth in 1881, the villagers have slowly started to move on. Inconsolable at the loss of her husband, Rosabelle Maltman has left Scotland to start a new life, leaving her son behind. Meanwhile her sister-in-law, Jessie, is finding ways to manipulate the men of the village for her own gains. But it is their mother-in-law Effie who is the lynchpin of the family, who keeps the community...

NOVELA GALARDONADA CON EL PREMIO CAFÉ GIJÓN 2014 «Una emocionante novela de duelos, de secretos, de amores desgraciados, del bello y abrasador mordisco de la vida». Rosa Montero «Una novela ejemplar, de sencillez solo aparente, que atrapa desde la primera página». Marcos Giralt Torrente «Un libro estupendo, brillante actualización de un géneroliterario eterno: la novela de aprendizaje». Ignacio Martínez de Pisón Ismael recuerda la época en la que, cuando tenía trece años, sus padres contrataron a Rai, un chico cinco años mayor que él, para que le diera clases particulares....

Un gato sin nombre, narrador y protagonista, se convierte en observador y crítico de la sociedad japonesa de su tiempo. El perspicaz y sabiondo felino se interna en los escondidos recovecos de la sociedad para escudriñar conductas, escuchar conversaciones y presenciar hechos que le dan pie para sentar cátedra de filósofo. En realidad, al confiar al gato el papel de inquisidor y fustigador de los entuertos humanos, lo que el autor intenta es pasar por el tamiz modas, costumbres y formas de pensar importadas de Occidente. Bajo la implacable férula de un gato que se presenta con un yo...

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