"Good readers will find something that can be found only in great literature, the kind written by real poets, a literature that dares to venture into the dark with open eyes and that keeps its eyes open no matter what . . . . The literature of the twenty-
Searching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate—on ident
Demetrio Rota, recogedor de basura de Buenos Aires, duerme por las tardes y monta puzzles por las noches antes de marcharse al trabajo. Su vida cotidiana es mediocre y se mantiene en equilibrio por puro agotamiento. Sin embargo, a traves de los puzzles, D
1304: The Church and the French Crown are locked in a power struggle.In Normandy, monks on a secret mission are murdered.Young noblewoman Agnès de Souarcy fights to retain her independence but must face the Inquisition, unaware that she is the focus of a
“The season of the beast was near. . . .”1304. The King of France and the Church are locked in a battle for power that will also decide the fate of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller.Meanwhile in the Normandy countryside, young widow Agnès de Souarc
Its November, 1891. The body of a young woman is discovered at a crossroads on Boulevard Montmartre. Barefoot and dressed in red, she has been strangled and her face disfigured. That same day a single red shoe is delivered to Victor Legris' Parisian books
Parisian bookseller Victor Legris finds a new case to investigate very close to home, when his business partner's apartment is burgled. Curiously the only item stolen is a decorative goblet of little value. But on learning that two people have been murder
As a well-bred middle-class French girl, Valerie Tasso radiates a sophistication and poise that Spanish men find irresistable. She also possesses an insatiable sexual appetite. On the pages of Mémoire Sexuel, these two elements ignite into a riveting tal
When José Saramago decided to write a book about Portugal some twenty years ago, his only desire was that it be unlike all other books on the subject, and in this he certainly has succeeded. Recording the events and observations of a journey across the l
