A tender and passionate love story between two women in the Canary Islands, in 1984.
Canary Islands, 1984. A relationship is forged between two women through correspondence. In the letters they exchange, they narrate their romantic journey, their emotional and sexual encounters, their doubts and certainties, without subterfuge or filters. The action takes place over the course of a year, from the lovers' first date in the hour before lunch, marking the beginning of an idyll that will last over time.
In La siesta del carnero, we accompany the lovers on an intense journey that captivates us, a path that goes from loving feelings and intimate sensations to more explicit moments.
Written in the first person, this epistolary novel set in the eighties vibrates between tenderness and passion, between sensuality and eroticism, all to address the reality of lesbian relationships at a time when, in Spain, the desire and pleasure of women were just beginning to emerge.
«My dear Sara, it has inevitably gotten late, although I have spent the whole day looking for a little moment to write to you. Well, to write and to enjoy it».
