An old woman dreams her last dream in the house where she has lived all her life, but now she has to leave it. Divided into five separate, internally coherent parts, the story recapitulates her life while remaining a universal final recapitulation of each individual's life. Its wit is primarily...
Agáta, a sensitive and impractical childless widow, is placed in a retirement home not out of neglect or poverty but because her middle-aged relatives, overwhelmed by their own responsibilities, believe she will fare better among peers. Unprepared for life among strangers with quirky habits and...
The paths of three women meet in a hospital room. They all perceive life as a gift, not as a meaningless punishment. By believing in life, they overcome all obstacles and seek their own dignity. Their life stories are connected by kind humor and a strong humanist accent.
A comedic speculative story about a screenwriter who one day discovers that he shares the same fate as his characters. He too becomes just a character in a life scenario that someone invents.
The meeting of the most bloodthirsty emperor Nero and the Stoic philosopher Seneca during one hot night in the Roman arena. The long conversation, which is really just a deliberate delay of Seneca's execution, results in a tense polemic about man's relationship to God, to power, and to the other...
