La vida es breve, etcétera

During an earthquake, a woman finds herself in bed with a man, but it's not her bed and he's not her boyfriend. Thus begins one of these seven irreverent, comical, and bittersweet stories, in which relationships are fraught with difficulties and the women—sometimes impulsive, sometimes simply wild, treacherous yet willing to trust anyone—are experts at letting go but not at letting go. These pages are populated by women too lazy to be rebellious, rational yet superstitious, capable of inventing imaginary worlds only to shatter them. They make love, they are uninhibited or clumsy, they have clear ideas or they lie, very often. They have many plans but see commitments as a cage. They know what it means to covet something, but not what it means to appreciate it. And, above all, they know how to take themselves very seriously or very jokingly, because, after all, life is short, and so on.