Tierras centrales

An account of what life might be like for those left behind when millions vanish in the rapture of Christians.

Spain, 1936: NBC Radio, New York, sends two young reporters, Tom Wells and Meg Austin, to Madrid where Franco and his revolutionary fascist generals have plunged the country into a ruthless civil conflict. The lovers experience the ambiguities, dangers and drama of war-time Spain. They witness the heartbreaking scenes of civilian-soldiers armed with ancient weapons and little ammunition fighting experienced, well-supplied combat troops. Bombs fall on civilian neighborhoods dropped by Hitlers and Mussolinis bombers. The fascists support Franco, the Russian Communists the Republic, while the...

Jonathan, a young Argentine professional, lives a splendid life as a financial consultant, with an apartment in an excellent part of town, a fancy set of wheels, the finest brand-name clothes, and the respect and envy of the neighborhood, but when a crisis destroys everything, he goes back to step one without any apparent hope for a future.

En un pasado muy, muy remoto, los imprevisibles movimientos geológicos determinaron que, en lo más recónditas entrañas de una impenetrable cordillera, quedara atrapada una porción de humanidad y que, al encontrarse incomunicada, se mantuviera aferrada a sus ritos ancestrales. Digamos que se petrificó, acaso se redujera a conservarse latente en una burbuja atemporal tan reducida que en ella no cabía la esperanza. Esas almas perdidas poseían la técnica de la obtención del fuego por medio del pedernal, pero en aquel extraño lugar esa técnica se mantenía en secreto y fuera del...