Los Derviches no bailan

Una novela a medio camino entre el José Luis Cuerda de Amanece que no es poco y los Cohen El Gran Lebowski. Charlie Peiró, un vividor establecido en un hotel desde tiempos inmemoriales, sufre un percance que lo tiene en coma durante un tiempo. Al regresar al mundo de los vivos, Charlie empieza a plantearse su vida. Junto con su amigo Vicente, montará una suerte de dúo vital que recorrerá el levante español encontrándose con una caterva de personajes a cuál más estrambótico e inolvidable. Una novela hilarante y tierna que nos recuerda lo que es estar vivos. Carlos Gass (Valencia,...

Characters who have all fought back from adversity--the girlfriend of an ex-con seeking vengence, a pregnant young woman rejected by her parents and boyfriend, and two siblings involved in a fatal accident--reflect upon the meaning of their lives, offering an important, uplifting, and inspirational message.

Este libro es un canto a la nostalgia y es, al mismo tiempo, un cuestionamiento a la misma. Es una pregunta sobre quiénes somos. Y una respuesta, inexorable y real.

At the center of this novel are two women—worlds apart, yet neighbors—who come together by chance in a neighborhood pharmacy. Janna, a middle-aged contemporary woman is the editor of a women's magazine. She is good at her work and her life seems to her a success. Then there is Maudie, skinny, rag-and-bone tattered and in her late eighties, she is a bundle of ferocity who has spent the last years sustaining herself on pride, and expressing that pride as a cat’s hissing anger. This strong and affecting novel traces the friendship of these wildly disparate women.