La caja de los miedos
(Book)

Publisher Annotation: WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE PRIZE MARTA DE MONT MARÇAL The Box of Fears is an extraordinary spy novel set during World War One. By the end of the 19th century, little Aleksei an orphan from the Siberian steppe embarks on a journey to Moscow with the priest Vasiliy Lebedev and, from there, to Paris. In Paris, he will enjoy a new life with his Aunt Vania and the rest of their peculiar family. Mata Hari is the rising star of the Berlin cabarets when the Germans contact her: they want her to spy on the French, before the war breaks out. Margot, the woman who hides behind the diva, begins a journey that will take her from Germany to her beloved Madrid, to the eternal Paris, and to the foggy London immersed in the Great War. Her pilgrimage will reveal to her that she is only a pawn in the game of the powerful. A German submarine torpedoed The Pomone, a French ship, in the Cantabrian coast. Alexandre and the rest of the survivors are rescued by the inhabitants of the fishing village of Tazones. Thanks to them, Alex manages to travel to Gijón, where he will look for the person who hides the documents that Mata Hari left in the city. How will coincidences, circumstances and decisions intertwine the destiny of these characters? Spain, 288pp.

Adult,Brodart.

Adult,Brodart.