Adam Gordon is a brilliant, if highly unreliable, young American poet on a prestigious fellowship in Madrid, struggling to establish his sense of self and his relationship to art. What is actual when our experiences are mediated by language, technology, medication, and the arts? Is poetry an essential art form, or merely a screen for the reader's projections? Instead of following the dictates of his fellowship, Adam's "research" becomes a meditation...

Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions tempts its main character into breaking his vows.

"On a sweltering August day in Madrid, Anna, Julia, and Marion return to their childhood home. The once grand mansion, furnished with exotic objects and art that reflected the cultures of their English father and Spanish mother, once bustled with visitors. But since their father's death, all three sisters have been reluctant to go back, still feeling the weight of his domineering influence. Julia believes that before the house can sell, it needs to...

"In this latest novel from the award-winning author of The Polyglot Lovers, a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground society. Awarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish writer flies to Madrid, where in a bar she meets a man with an extraordinary story to tell. In exchange for somewhere to sleep and to hide out for a few days, he is willing to tell her the...

Teresa Anglada ve cómo su vida de periodista de éxito se desmorona cuando su hija Jimena desaparece en el Museo de Arte Reina Sofía de Madrid sin dejar rastro. Presa del pánico, Teresa tarda en caer en un detalle: su hija ha desaparecido un 21 de diciembre, el mismo día que lo hizo su padre en 1970. Lo que todavía no sabe es que una de sus antecesoras murió en ese mismo lugar sesenta y siete años atrás, cuando el museo era el Hospital Provincial...

Estados Unidos de la Tierra, Madrid, 2109, aumenta el número de muertes de replicantes que enloquecen de repente. La detective Bruna Husky es contratada para descubrir qué hay detrás de esta ola de locura colectiva en un entorno social cada vez más inestable. Mientras, una mano anónima transforma el archivo central de documentación de la Tierra para modificar la Historia de la humanidad. Agresiva, sola e inadaptada, la detective Bruna Husky...