Los Colores del Incendio / The Colors of Fire

Con la fuerza arrolladora de un torbellino, Los colores del incendio trenza magistralmente la venganza implacable de una mujer a la par que ofrece un retrato soberbio de una poca embarullada y vertiginosa.

Ambientada entre 1927 y 1933, esta continuaci n de las peripecias de la familia P ricourt se inicia con el funeral del patriarca Marcel, una ceremonia multitudinaria a la que asiste todo aquel que es, o aspira a ser, alguien en Par s. Sin embargo, las cosas no pintan demasiado bien para Madeleine, la heredera del ingente patrimonio familiar. Al suicidio de su hermano douard, el h roe desfigurado, el encarcelamiento de su ex marido estafador y la muerte de su padre, se a ade la delicada situaci n de su hijo Paul, un ni o de siete a os que acaba de sufrir un horrible percance.

As , en este momento tan vulnerable de su vida, Madeleine debe ponerse al mando de una entidad financiera con la m s que dudosa ayuda de un apoderado resentido, un t o codicioso y gris con aviesas intenciones y un joven amante con nfulas de periodista. Y todo ello en un ambiente de secretos, traiciones, chantajes y artima as en el que buscadores de fortuna y politicastros sin escr pulos medran sin control, ajenos a la inminente quiebra burs til e inconscientes de la hecatombe b lica que se cierne sobre Europa.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The book that inspired the adapted film.

With an overwhelming whirlwind force, The Colors of Fire masterfully threads together a woman's implacable revenge with an excellent portrait of chaotic and dizzying times.

Set between 1927 and 1933, this continuation of the Pericourt family adventures begins with the funeral of the Patriarch Marcel, a massive ceremony attended by everyone who is anyone in Paris or at least strives to be. However, things are not looking too good for Madeleine, heir to the vast family estate. There are too many moving parts in her life: her brother douard's suicide, a disfigured hero, the incarceration of her swindling ex-husband, and the death of her father, all of it adds on to her son Paul's delicate situation, a seven-year-old boy who has just suffered a horrible mishap.

Thus, at this vulnerable time in her life, Madeleine must put herself at the helm of a financial institution with the help of a very ambiguous and resentful agent, a greedy and shady uncle with evil intentions, and a young lover with pretenses of a journalist. And all this within an environment full of secrets, betrayals, blackmail, and tricks in which fortune seekers and unscrupulous politicians thrive without control, oblivious to the imminent stock market crash and unaware of the war that is looming over Europe.