Una mujer furiosa

Santi Alarcón, the protagonist of this novel, does not know where to start telling us about his childhood. For the day he swallowed a fly or for the day his mother smothered a rat with insecticide? He chooses the moment he chooses to pull the thread of his memory, the result is a double portrait. That of a Spain that is gradually opening up to democracy and that of an unhappy family: parents who can hardly stand each other, a sullen and violent grandfather, a bully brother more interested in boxing than in studies... And, In between, the first sentimental dazzling, the role of women in 20th century society, silent homosexuality, and the biggest enigma of all: what pushed Martina, Santi's mother, to run away with a child?