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English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory. But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of England's magicians. He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman...

En Capricho de la reina Jean Echenoz reúne varios relatos previamente publicados en revistas de arte y proyectos diversos, como una publicación teatral. Son siete cuentos que nos transportan a siete lugares: un parque, un puente, el fondo marino, Suffolk, Mayenne, Babilonia y Le Bourget. Siete historias en las que veremos desfilar al decrépito y heroico almirante Nelson, vencedor en la batalla de Trafalgar, o al obsesivo ingeniero de puentes Gluck; en las que seguiremos el trazo de la pluma de un escritor que dibuja una exquisita panorámica de la campiña de Mayenne, y nos acercaremos a...

The three stories in this book were made from memories. Two happen in the peak of the ballad, the third one after the fall in a historical abyss. "Each story begins with a similar scene: the same man and woman have lunch in a Havana restaurant on a rainy Friday afternoon. The relationship to each other and to their country is exposed through their thoughts and conversations, with the last story revealing the most about the collection's themes and the pontificating protagonist."--Publishers Weekly. The stories mirror each other and the metaphor connecting the stories is music.

Amparo Miranda, una exitosa diseñadora de moda residente en Nue-va York, vuelve a la ciudad de provincias que abandonó cuarenta años atrás, uno de esos lugares donde «la vida marcha a otro ritmo, como entre un pasado que ya no gusta y un porvenir sin dibujar». Amparo, de origen humilde e hija de madre soltera, no ha regresado por nostalgia, ni tampoco para exhibir sus triunfos ante aquellos que nunca la aceptaron. Quiere, por el contrario, pasar desapercibida; viene a mirar, a intentar recomponer a solas un discurso que quedó interrumpido: quiere introducir palabras en su historia de...