Maia Figueroa Evans Books

In The Waters of Eternal Youth, the twenty-fifth instalment in the bestselling Brunetti series, our Commissario finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a crime at all. Brunetti is investigating a cold case by request of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui, a friend of Brunetti's mother-in-law. Fifteen years ago the Contessa's teenage granddaughter, Manuela, was found drowning in a canal. She was rescued from the canal at the last moment, but in many ways it was too late; she suffered severe brain damage and her life was never the same again. Once a passionate horse rider, Manuela, now aged thirty, cannot remember the accident, or her beloved horse, and lives trapped in an eternal youth. The Contessa, unconvinced that this was an accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes was responsible for ruining Manuela's life. Out of a mixture of curiosity, pity and a willingness to fulfil the wishes of a loving grandmother, Brunetti reopens the case. But once he starts to investigate, Brunetti finds a murky past and a dark story at its heart. The Waters of Eternal Youth is awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, all circling the haunting story of a woman trapped in a perpetual childhood.

Una joven autora inédita en España cuyos originales relatos mezclan realidad y fantasía y estusiasmarán tanto al lector más joven ávido de libros diferentes como al más literario y exigente. Abre este libro y descubre cómo el mundo real se transforma en tus manos: bailarines de claqué que roban bancos, hermanos que salen disparados de un cañón o novias convertidas en zombis. Disfruta con una mezcla perfecta de ciencia ficción y fantasía que revela la magia de nuestras vidas en un paisaje literario único. En estas páginas encontrarás un bolso con un pueblo dentro, un chico llamado Cebolla, bibliotecarios que se baten en duelo, sofás probablemente carnívoros…, todo ello contado con un talento deslumbrante, que convierte a Kelly Link en una cuentista carismática admirada por los lectores más exigentes. Y es que en todos estos cuentos ha escondido una verdad: son los cuentos que siempre has querido leer.