ALBERT SANCHEZ PIÑOL - Born in Barcelona in 1965. Anthropological scientist. “In the Heady Silence” is his literary debut. An international bestseller! Translated into 28 languages More than 100 weeks in the top ten most read books in Europe.

A new meteorologist comes to a godforsaken island in Antarctica. And he discovers that his predecessor has disappeared without a trace. The only inhabitant of the island - the lighthouse keeper - is silent, clearly hiding something. But then night comes... The first in a series of crazy nights! He must survive. Don't go crazy. And understand what kind of strange creature this fate has confronted him with? A disgusting monster? Or the most beautiful and desirable woman in the world?

Heart-stirring reflections on our fear of the unknown. El Pais (Madrid)

Crazy book... An alien from a world that lies far beyond the one what is commonly called literature. Le Monde (Paris)

Those who found Coelho’s “The Alchemist” too “flat” will find in Pignol’s novel a parable, the meaning of which no one will present to the reader on a platter...Stuttgarter Nachrichten (Stuttgart )

A skillfully constructed story of two islanders who were forced to get rid of the ballast of European civilization... Pignol chooses such a rhythm of the narrative that the reader simply does not have time to catch his breath! Spiegel (Hamburg)