The Nest

In a town near Salamanca an eccentric widower aged 60 is captivated by an imp a precocious 13 year old Alejandro is wealthy and alone passing time with music chess and his shotgun Gregoria Goyita the daughter of a weakwilled policeman and his bullying wife is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro Even though he knows the village is talking Alejandro spends time with Goyita on walks horseback rides and dinners Hes enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that hes living for the first time Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highlycharged relationship