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Pe relatia Targu-Mures-Atena-Bucuresti-Buenos Aires nu circula niciun avion direct. Ramane sa va imbarcati intr-un roman care promite, de la bun inceput, o croaziera improbabila, geografica dar si istorica. Nu in ultimul rand, romanul lui Draghici ar putea fi premiat nu doar literar, ci si gastronomic.

Berlín, 1904. Gustav Horcher, cumpliendo su sueño, abre un restaurante en el corazón de la capital alemana. Pocos años después, las dos guerras mundiales y el régimen de Hitler determinarán la vida del país y sus habitantes. En 1943, huyendo del conflicto, Otto, el hijo de Gustav, se traslada con su familia a una España en plena posguerra e inaugura de nuevo su restaurante en el Madrid del estraperlo y las cartillas de racionamiento, bajo la protección de la ficticia neutralidad de Franco.

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai’s daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now, his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about. But an anxious phone call from Mari asking for his help plunges the usually obstinate Mas into a series of startling situations.

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about.

De la galardonada autora bestseller de Cuando era puertorriqueña, nos llega una poderosa novela sobre la familia, la raza, la fe, el sexo y el desastre que transita entre Puerto Rico y el Bronx, revelando las vidas y los amores de cinco mujeres, y el secreto que las une. Se hacen llamar “Las...