Morir en la arena

Rodolfo’s life has always been marked by the trauma of the Angolan War, but above all by the murder of his father at the hands of his brother Geni—nicknamed "Crazy Horse." Now newly retired, Rodolfo finds himself rekindling an unexpected intimacy with his sister-in-law Nora—a long-lost love from his youth—only to be met with unsettling news: his brother, the man who killed their father, is being released from prison due to an incurable illness, with nowhere to go but the family home. Amidst this tense waiting period—spanning little more than a week—old grudges and long-buried family secrets resurface, particularly the details of the bloody murder that altered the lives of everyone in the family. Only the arrival of Rodolfo’s daughter and the intervention of a young man finding success in a crumbling Havana offer Rodolfo a final, desperate lifeline. A dramatic tale and a masterful novel, it chronicles fifty years of a nation's history.