This novel marks an exceptional change regarding traditional Nicaraguan fiction. Gioconda Belli, well-established following the succeá of La mujer habitada, once again shows us her intimacy and feminist restleáneá from a magical and attractive new prism.It is the world of black magic and sorcery which enfold the origen and destiny of a different woman. It is the intimate refuge which permits her to be a free, gypsy woman.With magic and eroticism, which appear unseparable in the book, Gioconda lets us discover a new facet of her captivating personality.