Etiqueta: Investigation
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The alchemist’s gaze (La mirada del alquimista)
The story is set at the end of the 18th Century and at the beginning of the 19th Century, in the course of a long and unnerving voyage of discovery. The Alchemist’s Gaze retakes one of the oldest and most perturbing literature myths: the myth of the doppelgänger. This journey is based on scientific skepticism;…
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Maror: the rules of gender (Maror: las reglas del género)
The romantic novel becomes a crime novel It's winter and in an isolated summer sea house some family members get together to spend a few days: Isabel, famous best-selling fiction author, her husband, Pablo; their daughter, Esperanza, and Pilar, Isabel’s sister. The breaking news is that the protagonist wants to abandon her career as a…
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Adventure in the grey (Aventura en lo gris)
After the war, a group of political refugees (Goldmann, Silvano, Ana, Isabel, Carlos, a peasant…) escapes from an imaginary country called Surelia. While staying in a hostel, Isabel is murdered while the rest of the group is sleeping. From this moment on, reality and dreams mix up. In an oneiric dimension where all of them…
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Doctor Moraleda’s Murder (El asesinato del doctor Moraleda)
This play is set in the colonial era. In 1890, the Portuguese militarily advance on Angola and Mozambique with the excuse of the death of Dr. Moraleda, a scientist who was studying aboriginal people in the area. The Portuguese State officially appoints a fact-finding commission, although, at the same time, puts in charge Colonel da…
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The decent woman (La decente)
Nuria and Roberto met in aircraft accident. Saved by the rescue forces, each one departs to their own destiny, but over time they meet again. In a visit to Roberto, Nuria explains that she loves him, but since she is very decent and married, this love is impossible, unless her husband dies – which is…
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The teapot (La tetera)
The calm life of Juan and Julieta, a bourgeois marriage from the countryside, falls apart when the dead body of Alicia’s (Julieta’s sister) boyfriend appears. Juan becomes the prime suspect and Julieta is thought to be his next victim in order to get Alicia’s favors; but a series of characters that will make the plot…
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Jack, The Ripper (Jack, el destripador)
A police officer seems to be unable to catch the culprit from his murder investigation despite having been able to do so several times. His police work will become hindered by the pressure exerted by his chiefs. THEMES: Murder, Investigation GENRE: Drama, Crime RELEVANT FACTS: One of the author’s most popular short novels…
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Carlota
Charlie Barrington is in the street, next to his house, talking with Sgt. Harris, while waiting for the detective Douglas Hilton. They listen Carlota, Charlie's wife, playing the piano in the house. When the detective arrives, they knock on the door, but Carlota's delay in opening worries them, and they force the door open. When they enter, they…
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The Astral world (El plano astral)
Some scientists get together periodically to find a way to communicate with the dead. One of them has invented a device, which is called telekinetic, that allows them to receive signals from the other side. The son of one of the scientists, a powerful medium, offers to help them in this experiment. THEMES: Investigation, Death,…
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The Saboya Gang (La banda de Saboya)
The story is about a man who had made a deal with a group of evildoers in tails, and now he is obliged to steal, even thou he does not feel any kind of pleasure doing it. The crimes committed by the group will be investigated by a young lady police officer who tries to…
