by Simonetta Agnello Hornby · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483838761
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«El veneno de las adelfas» is the novel by Simonetta Agnello Hornby, published by Tusquets Editores in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
In a village in the Hyblaean Mountains, in Sicily, the Carpinteri family gathers around Aunt Anna, lost in senile dementia that makes her speak of hidden stones. The search for those supposed riches brings secrets of the past to light, while the enigmatic figure of Bede, custodian of the estate, appears, and family passions and resentments are interwoven.
It belongs to the Andanzas collection by Tusquets. Originally published in Italian as «Il veleno dell'oleandro» (2013); this Spanish edition is from 2014.
For readers of Italian fiction and family stories with a mystery backdrop, set in rural Sicily.
Simonetta Agnello Hornby is an Italian novelist and food writer. Her novels are international bestsellers, translated into more than twenty languages.
