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"Desde la primera frase del libro, el lector sabe a qué atenerse: se trata de un texto literario, no de un habilidoso o mediocre producto editorial." Juan Goytisolo

Le ha sucedido a Agnes, pero podría sucederle a cualquiera. Cuando en una cena de empresa y tras varios gin tonics discute con el nuevo propietario de la revista donde trabaja, este le propone un trato: le pagará el sueldo de un año si consigue escribir la biografía de Luis Foret, el escritor del momento. Un escritor a quien nadie ha visto en persona, de quien solo se conocen sus astronómicas cifras de ventas, y que acaba de anunciar su retirada del mundo de las letras. Hasta entonces, Agnes queda fulminantemente despedida. La vida de Foret, comprende Agnes conforme avanzan sus...

Deep in the heart of London, the Monsalvat Bank is small, secretive and fabulously wealthy. When Ellie Stanton, an impoverished graduate student, is unexpectedly invited to join the firm, the privileged world they offer looks too good to turn down. But the bank is more than it seems. Soon Ellie realises that her life belongs to her employers, and they're watching her every move.

Pepita Jiménez is a novel by a Spanish writer Juan Valera, who created this work at the time when Spain was still the holy Catholic country with very strict social rules. The protagonist of the story, Pepita Jiménez is a 20-year-old widow. She is about to marry an old Spanish nobleman but falls in love with his son, who is closer to her in age.