The latest addition to my website is Maria de la Pau Janer‘s Pasiones romanas [Roman Passions]. This tells the story of six women from Palma, Majorca, who all have men problems, all losing at least one man, either by death or because he left her (usually for another woman). They also all end up or pass through Rome. The framing story is of Ignacio, a married man, who finds a wallet dropped by another passenger going on the flight to Rome, which contains a photo of the woman he loved and left ten years ago. He now decides that he wants her back. It is grim, serious and intense, with no humour, just a story about how romantic relationships are generally doomed to failure but friendship might be a viable alternative.