Product Description: Un inquietante drama psicologico en torno a la complejidad de las relaciones humanas y a la dificultad del ser humano por zafarse del pasado. / Monika is the chief surgeon at a regional hospital. Maj-Britt is a recluse, all but imprisoned by her own obesity...read more

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Born into a life of privilege, Sybilla has spent many years opting instead to live on the streets of Stockholm, cadging a bed, a bath, a meal, where she can. Her favorite technique?one she permits herself only as a special treat?plays out at the Grand Hotel, where with luck she can usually charm a lonely visiting businessman into buying her dinner and a room for the night. But then she picks the wrong businessman. When his dead body is found the next morning, Sybilla becomes the prime suspect. For years, her anonymity has sheltered her; she has found a kind of home in the invisibility of homeless life. But with her anonymity shattered, Sybilla is forced into the one course of action that might allow her to go home again.

Product Description: La premisa fundamental de este libro es precisar en el presente, con la mayor objetividad posible, las complejas circunstancias en las que se cometieron los crímenes contra los derechos humanos después del golpe de Estado de 1973 en Chile; tarea que no puede quedar solamente en manos de los tribunales de justicia, sino que requiere la conformación de una voluntad nacional en torno a esos temas cruciales para el futuro de Chile...read more