
A refined salon of glass, silk and polished wood becomes the world of Fernando de Ojeda, a weary writer whose thoughts flutter like the delicate palm fronds that shade his desk. The room hums with the soft clink of tea cups, the muted strains of violins, and the gentle rustle of servants moving through a lattice of imagined islands. Within this elegant tableau, every surface—mirrored windows, brass cages, even the mosaic floor—holds a quiet, almost palpable tension.
When a sudden, inexplicable touch brushes his neck, the familiar order of the space begins to tremble. Chairs quiver, canaries sway in their cages, and the very air seems to pulse with an unseen rhythm, urging Ojeda to abandon his pen. As the ordinary fades, the salon transforms into a gateway to something far beyond the pages he is trying to fill, hinting at a journey where imagination and reality collide.
Language
es
Duration
~21 hours (1217K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2008-05-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1867–1928
A fiery Spanish novelist and political activist, he turned the landscapes and tensions of Valencia into vivid, sweeping fiction. His international success later carried his stories far beyond Spain, especially through major film adaptations.
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