Los espejos del camaleón

Una mujer a merced de los caprichos del destino. Un intento de violación marca para siempre la vida de Heather. Al verse acosada por su agresor, lo hiere de muerte. Horrorizada, huye y empieza a vagar por las calles de Londres. Acaba en un barco, donde el capitán, confundiéndola con una prostituta, abusa de ella. Al cabo de un tiempo, Heather descubre que está embarazada, y el capitán del barco accede a reparar la deshonra tomándola por esposa. Poco a poco, el inicial recelo entre ambos da paso al afecto y madura el germen del amor. Sin embargo, el pasado acecha, presto a asestar un...

Wealthy, self-made Gunther Schmidt is celebrating his 60th birthday in style: with sixty guests. 'Happy Birthday, old boy!' 'Welcome to the club!' But Gunther doesn't like being sixty. As he casts his eye over the assembled guests, he spots the luscious Linda, girlfriend of the mayor's son -- and just the one to keep him young... So when he goes to bed that night, he resolves to get rid of his boring wife Marion and have Linda instead. But Gunther hasn't bargained for what Linda and Marion think of the matter... 'Un-neurotic, clear-sighted and wickedly irreverent... The perfect antidote to...

Siguen las andanzas del inefable peruano Martín Romaña, ahora profesor en la universidad de Nanterre. Florence le habla de él a su hermana Octavia y ésta rompe con sus tres pretendientes -uno en París, otro en Lisboa y otro en Milán- y se va a Nanterre pa

In this bold novel that shatters the barriers between fiction and reality, the dark object of narrator Chris's desire is Dick, a well-known theorist who refuses to answer her letters. Chris tenaciously continues to pursue him nonetheless, eventually traveling across the country. The passion-fueled journey pushes the protagonist to a state of madness that moves her away from a life in the shadow of her successful husband and brings her to question the very foundation of her femininity. Chris's compulsive love letters act as essays, and a moment arrives when the letters are in and of themselves ...