Publisher's Synopsis
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 época embarullada y vertiginosa.
Ambientada entre 1927 y 1933, esta continuación de las peripecias de la familia Péricourt 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 Parìs. Sin embargo, las cosas no pintan demasiado bien para Madeleine, la heredera del ingente patrimonio familiar. Al suicidio de su hermano Édouard, el héroe desfigurado, el encarcelamiento de su ex marido estafador y la muerte de su padre, se añade la delicada situación de su hijo Paul, un niño de siete años que acaba de sufrir un horrible percance.
Asì, en este momento tan vulnerable de su vida, Madeleine debe ponerse al mando de una entidad financiera con la más que dudosa ayuda de un apoderado resentido, un tìo codicioso y gris con aviesas intenciones y un joven amante con ìnfulas de periodista. Y todo ello en un ambiente de secretos, traiciones, chantajes y artimañas en el que buscadores de fortuna y politicastros sin escrúpulos medran sin control, ajenos a la inminente quiebra bursátil e inconscientes de la hecatombe bélica 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 Édouard'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.
