Author: Daína Chaviano
- Fiction
- Vintage Español
- ISBN: 9780307475831
- Release Date: 01-01-1970
-Reviewed by: Robert Zaman

This novel could be classified a historical fantasy family saga set in a period that covers more than a century. Winner of the Gold Medal at the Florida Book Awards, it has been nominated for Ireland’s IMPAC Dublin International Prize, probably the most important award in the English-speaking world given to a fictional work, with a value of 100,000 Euros. The novel has been translated into 25 languages.