Cruz torcida

Lexa believes her future is already written: a wedding soon, a bright home, the peaceful life she envisions with Moritz, the young doctor her family adores. But even the simplest dreams can shatter. When her fiancé is expelled from the clinic where he worked because of his Jewish surname, and Lexa's brothers —intoxicated by the promises of a new era— insist she abandon him to marry Otto, a member of the Nazi party, she understands that her love has become a forbidden act. Even so, they continue to meet in secret, in the snowy mountains, clinging to each other, while everything around them crumbles. They seek each other out in secret, as if each encounter were a way of defying the world that tries to tear them apart. In those stolen moments, Lexa feels that what binds them is stronger than fear, truer than the voices urging her to give up. But the net is closing in around her... What's extraordinary about this novel, which portrays a delicate and tragic love story in dark times, is that it was written as it was all happening. There's no distance, no historical perspective: only the urgency and disbelief of someone who senses that something terrible is about to happen. After decades of being forgotten, this novel has captivated new generations of readers who seek to understand the past so as not to repeat it. An essential, intense, and revealing read.