After what turns out to be a fateful accident, Ana María spent three years in and out of a clinic in Hermosillo, the city in which she spent the last of her lives.
Leo is a young lion who feels a bit strange because he's about to get a new sister. His friends are no help, they just say that once his little sister is born Leo won't be the most important anymore.
My name is León, León Kamikaze. I’ve never had a family; not even friends. I fell in love once... I've had three lives. In the first, the world rejected me. In the second, everyone hated me. In the third, I still don’t know who I am.
León Rodríguez Zahar, Mexican, is a graduate of El Colegio de México and a career diplomat. He has a Ph.D in History of Art and specialises in Middle Eastern subjects. He has had postings at the United Nations and in Libya, Egypt, Palestine and Spain.
He's called Pedro and he is a boy although he seems like a girl. In contrast, his sister Valeria, seems like a boy. They are the weirdest kids in school.
The plot develops in Egypt, a country that has fascinated the author since she was a child, with its mysteries, architectural marvels and especially its complex mythology.
Maria Roderich (The Old Lady), Maria Magí (The Mrs) and Maria Costa are three women who, throughout almost a century, have run La Principal, the most important house in the village of Pous, in the heart of the grape-producing region of La Abadia.
"Charcoal Letters" (Irene Vasco and Juan Palomino): Almost no-onemin the town of Palenque knows how to read. Señor Valendia, the owner of the shop, is one of the few people who do.
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Lily Meyer is a writer, translator, and critic. Her translations include Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s story collections Little Bird and Ice for Martians. Her ...