Etiqueta: Literature
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Thief of Roses ( Ladrona de Rosas)
Clarice Lispector: a hidden identity, an unbearable genius. Clarice Lispector has always been perceived as a shy and introverted woman. Her beauty was indisputable: she was gorgeous, elegant and had refined manners. However, Lispector hid a lot about herself: for instance, her real name, since it was not Clarice, nor her birthdate was the one…
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Heresy of an Impious Muse (Herejía de una musa impía)
This story is about the exciting life of a muse – a regular woman in appearance. She was born in Greece centuries ago, and now she is tired of having inspired so many artists throughout the decades (Euripides, Van Gogh, Bukowski, Sade, Chagall…), without receiving any credit for her work. And, what if we add to this that…
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Child’s Play (Juego de niños)
Can reality imitate fiction? Luisa is a divorced writer. She has a small daughter, Elba, whom she conceived in a mating trip. However, she has always told her that she is adopted. She is a quiet woman who has managed to reach a certain emotional balance next to Enrique, a pragmatic and loving man…
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Women in front of the mirror (Mujeres frente al espejo)
The fear of being free A mistake makes possible a surprising encounter between a novelist and a young actress. Raquel, a successful novelist, has received an advanced payment for her novel. Overwhelmed by a crisis of anxiety, she is unable to write a single line. She decides to call a “gigolo” in order to have…
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Lazarus in the labyrinth (Lázaro en el laberinto)
Lazarus is the prosperous owner of the book shop “The Labyrinth”. He lives with his sister, Fina, and his nephews, Coral and Mariano, to whom he is the father figure. Lazarus lives tormented by an event of his past: 22 years back, his girlfriend Sylvia was aggressed by a violent group that disfigured her face with…
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Lost city (La ciudad perdida)
Joaquim, an exile from the Civil War, wins a literary contest from his home town with a novel titled The Lost City. The town decides to bring him back as a citizen. Rafael, who also participated in the contest in which he ended up as a finalist, is a literature professor as well as a…
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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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Having to leave you (La partida)
The play dramatizes two epic moments in the history of the city of Alicante: one during the 19th century (after the victory of Ferdinand VII’s absolutism in 1823); and the other, during the last moths of the Spanish Civil War. Lluís, a republican intellectual, is the author of a romantic drama that shows how his…
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Indian Summer
Daniel, a forty-year-old writer with two written novels, has become a Spanish literature doctorate teacher in Chicago. During his stay there, he tries to write a new novel. Loneliness and a strange relationship push him to attempt swapping reality with the fiction in his novel in which he pours his personality and his wishes that,…
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The knight of the golden spurs (El caballero de las espuelas de oro)
It consists in the life of the Spanish Golden Age writer Francisco de Quevedo, character of great historic significance; someone ambitious who starred in several political intrigues, was in prison and had a staunch enemy, Luis de Góngora. In the midst of so much unrest, he was above all a great writer. THEMES: 17th Century,…
