| Title |
Clara y confusa
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| Names |
Rimsky, Cynthia.
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| Book Number |
DB137638
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| Title Status |
Active
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| Language |
Spanish
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| Annotation |
"'This story coming into your lives is no coincidence. It means you're prepared to understand that no snowflake falls on the wrong place,' the narrator -- who has just begun working as a plumber -- tells us. On his way to visit a client who swears he hears water in one of the walls of his house -- a phantom leak, because there is no trace of humidity -- he stops in front of the window of a cultural center that is hosting an exhibition. In the empty room, the artist takes down one of her paintings and does something unexpected. The artist's name is Clara, and the narrator is enraptured by that action, which will become the start of a story of love and codependence with torturous limits. At the same time, the protagonist discovers the shady dealings at the top of the plumbers' guild, to which he has just been admitted. Leading the guild, which meets at the Platón bar, is the powerful Ventura. And between unrequited love and uncovered corruption, a series of perhaps unprecedented events take place in which a dying mentor named Ovidio, a Porsche, a Machiavellian art critic named Renata Walas, a rented coffin, a son seeking revenge, a telescopic saw, and the popular cake festival are all involved." -- Provided by publisher. -- Spanish language.
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"'No es casual que esta historia llegue a sus vidas. Significa que están preparados para entender que ningún copo de nieve cae en el lugar equivocado', nos dice el narrador, que ha empezado a trabajar como plomero. De camino a la casa de un cliente que asegura oír ruido de agua en una pared -- una fuga fantasma, porque no hay rastro de humedad -- , se detiene ante la cristalera de un centro cultural en el que hay una exposición. En la sala vacía, la artista descuelga uno de sus cuadros y hace algo inaudito. La artista se llama Clara, y el narrador queda atrapado por esa acción, que será el inicio de una historia de amor y dependencia con límites torturantes. Al mismo tiempo, el protagonista descubre los turbios tejemanejes de la cúpula del gremio de plomeros, en el que acaba de ser admitido. Al frente del gremio, que se reúne en el bar Platón, está el poderoso Ventura. Y entre el amor no correspondido y las corruptelas destapadas, se precipitan una sucesión de acontecimientos tal vez inauditos en los que intervienen un mentor moribundo llamado Ovidio, un Porsche, una maquiavélica crítica de arte llamada Renata Walas, un ataúd alquilado, un hijo con ganas de venganza, un serrucho telescópico y la fiesta popular del pastelito." -- Proporcionada por la editorial.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Local Subject |
Novels
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Human Relationships - Fiction - HUM
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Spanish, Fiction. (in Spanish) - SPAF
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Titles in Spanish - SPA
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Spanish fiction (in translation) - 863
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Spanish & Portuguese Literature - 860
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| LC Subject |
Art - Fiction
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Artists - Fiction
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Labor unions - Corrupt practices - Fiction
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Love - Fiction
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Plumbers - Fiction
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Fiction
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Philosophical fiction
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| Call Number |
863 AFI
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress,
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| Original Publication |
Recorded from: Barcelona : Editorial Anagrama, 2024. 9788433929914
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