The year is 1920, and Luis Agua, an authorised representative of an electricity company, arrives in Vila Natal, an inhospitable village in Portugal. His objective is to convince the inhabitants of the benefits of artificial light. Before long Agua learns that the village and the castle that presides over it hide deep secrets. A noble widow in decline, a will that is both cruel and impertinent, a pioneer of aviation, an epidemic and an unexpected ending; these are the ingredients of this novel in which the themes of love, revenge, humour, death and greed come together to form an almost arithmetic narrative.
- ISBN10 8483100797
- ISBN13 9788483100790
- Publish Date 12 November 1998 (first published 1 May 1997)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country ES
- Imprint Tusquets Editores
- Format Paperback
- Language Spanish