In colonial South America, the doomed love of a 12-year-old girl and a priest thrice her age sent to exorcise her. She is a nobleman's daughter who has been bitten by a rabid dog. The authorities decide she is possessed by the devil and lock her up in a convent.

An elderly journalist decides to celebrate 90th year in a grand way, giving himself a present that will make him feel like he's still alive: a young virgin. In the brothel of a picturesque town, the moment comes where he sees the girl from the back, completely naked, and his life changes radically. Now that he meets her he finds himself close to dying, not of old age, but rather of love. "Cuenta la vida de este anciano solitario, un apasionado de...

In nineteenth-century Europe, teenager Martina investigates the secrets of vampires and puts her life in danger after realizing that Susana, a new student, is not normal and receiving letters from an unknown author which provide her with information about the girl's true nature.

Un escritor es invitado a un congreso de biógrafos en la ciudad de Jerusalén, metáfora de una urbe sitiada por la guerra, a punto de sucumbir. La narración de las vidas de los participantes al congreso sorprende al protagonista. Tal es el caso del librero y biógrafo francés Edgar Miret Supervielle, de la actriz porno italiana Sabina Vedovelli, del empresario colombiano Moisés Kaplan y, sobre todo, de José Maturana, un ex pastor evangélico,...

Este libro excepcional reune la novela corta que le otorga su titulo y otros seis relatos mas, de los que todos menos uno pertenecen a la etapa de plena madurez del escritor. Fueron los anos en los que Macondo le abrio las puertas del realismo magico: la frase se hace mas larga y caudalosa, la realidad se expresa mediante formulas magicas y legendarias, los milagros se insertan en la vida cotidiana. La candida Erendira y su abuela desalmada personifican...