Troubled Memory, Second Edition

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En la España de los años 50, un grave incidente ocurrido en el seno de una familia noble de Valencia culminó con el internamiento de los protagonistas en el Sanatorio psiquiátrico penitenciario de Carabanchel. Medio siglo después, un psiquiatra, testigo en su adolescencia de los últimos días de la principal encausada, muestra los resultados de su investigación, tras haber tenido acceso al sumario judicial y a su entorno más cercano. Más allá del escándalo y las polémicas que aquel hecho macabro provocó en las páginas de sucesos o entre los profesionales de la medicina y el...

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