Flores negras

Author: Lara Siscar
- Fiction
- Plaza & Janés
- ISBN: 9788401019647
- Release Date: 10-23-2018

Synopsis

Berta Martos es locutora de radio en un programa nocturno. Está acostumbrada a que las llamadas de sus oyentes hablen de soledad y desamor, pero la de esta noche es diferente: al otro lado de la línea telefónica un disparo interrumpe la conversación que mantiene con un desconocido que está a punto de hacerle una confesión. El escándalo estalla en las redes sociales, donde miles de personas culpan a la periodista de lo sucedido y exigen su cabeza para saciar su sed de justicia. Sometida a una excedencia forzosa, Berta decide refugiarse en casa de su madre, una famosa actriz retirada hace décadas que quiso aislarse de todo en un pueblo olvidado del mundo en una finca que alberga un inquietante jardín de flores tropicales. Un pintoresco lugar en el que los fantasmas del pasado no tardarán en unirse a los del presente y poner a prueba la coraza que Berta ha construido para sobrevivir. «En el extremo más alejado, se encontraba el rincón del paraíso.

Inspired by true events, Flores negras / Dark Flowers is a resounding plea against the indifference and normalization of verbal, physical, and sexual violence against women. An extraordinary and original thriller that forces us to reflect on the human condition and our contradictions. Berta Martos is the host of a nightly radio program. She is used to her listeners’ calls being about loneliness and heartbreak, but that night was different, on the other side of the phone a shot interrupts the conversation with the stranger who was about to make a confession to her. The scandal explodes on social media, where thousands of people blame the journalist for what happened and demand for her to be punished so that they can feel a sense of justice. Forced to leave town, Berta decides to take refuge at her mother’s house, a famous retired actress who wanted to isolate herself in a forgotten town, in a farm with a disturbing garden of tropical flowers. A tranquil and charming place where the ghosts of the past will soon be joined by those of the present and put Berta’s will to survive to the test.

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