Ardiente Secreto / Burning Secret - Zweig, Stefan

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Résumé :
A young Austrian baron arrives at a luxurious spa hotel for a week's vacation. There, he meets a lady he intends to seduce. To achieve his goal, he decides to use his sickly twelve-year-old son as an intermediary. An intense triangular relationship then begins, awakening a conscience in the young boy that will forever change his relationship with his mother. A masterful tale set against the backdrop of morality, human weaknesses, and the transition from childhood to adolescence....

Biographie:
Stefan Zweig es uno de los autores m?s le?dos de la primera mitad del S. XX y una figura fundamental para comprender el devenir de la Europa de entreguerras. Su obra, que pasa por la novela, el relato, el ensayo, la biograf?a y la poes?a, se caracteriza por la delicadeza en la descripci?n de los sentimientos y por su firme esp?ritu europe?sta frente a la llegada de los fascismos y el estalinismo.

Stefan Zweig is one of the most widely read authors of the first half of the 20th century and a fundamental figure in understanding the future of Europe between the wars. His work, which includes novels, short stories, essays, biography and poetry, is characterised by the delicacy in the description of feelings and by his firm Europeanist spirit in the face of the arrival of fascism and Stalinism.

Fanny Undritz, born in 1998 in Munich, has been studying a Master's degree in Illustration in Hamburg since September 2024, focusing on picture books. Her works have been exhibited worldwide as part of the Illustrators' Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, including in cities such as Tokyo and Seoul. As a freelance illustrator, she works for various publishers and magazines.
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Sommaire:
Un joven bar?n austriaco llega a un lujoso hotel-balneario para disfrutar de una semana de vacaciones. All? conoce a una dama a la que se propone seducir. Para lograr su objetivo, decide utilizar como intermediario a su hijo enfermizo de doce a?os. Empieza entonces una intensa relaci?n triangular que avivar? una conciencia en el peque?o que cambiar? para siempre la relaci?n con su madre. Un magistral relato con la moralidad, las debilidades humanas y el paso de la ni?ez a la adolescencia como tel?n de fondo....