The widow of an influential man in 19th century Costa Rica, directs her house, her businesses and the research she hires a character unusual, relative to the execution of General José María Cañas. The reasons are barely suggested and the intrigues of powercoexist with the love and personal stories of a young filibuster and his Costa Rican girlfriend. This novel by Emilia Macaya shares the characteristics of a novel historical, detective, fantastic and love, with a literary quality that holds the reader in permanent interest. Work called to endure in the Costa Rican culture...