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Copyright © Dolores Redondo 2014
Translation copyright © Nick Caistor and Lorenza García 2017
Dolores Redondo asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
Originally published in 2014 by Ediciones Destino,
Spain, as Ofrenda a la tormenta
Cover design by Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018
Cover photographs © Wojciech Zwolinski/Arcangel Images (statue), Shutterstock.com (other images)
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For Eduardo, as with everything I do.
For my aunt Angela and all the proud women in my family, who have always done what had to be done.
And above all, for Ainara.
I cannot bring you justice, but at least I shall remember your name.
‘It is never too late, Dorian. Let us kneel down, and try if we cannot remember a prayer.’
‘Those words mean nothing to me now.’
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
‘All things that have a name exist.’
A popular Baztan belief, recorded by José Miguel de Barandiarán in Brujería y brujas
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