"Son de Mar" is a love story about shipwrecks and returns. The main character, Ulises Adsuara, who disappeared ten years ago, is found floating on the beach dressed as a groom. A few hours later, his widow, Martina, appears dressed as a bride almost in the same place. From that moment, the author rewinds the story to the time the couple met, when Ulises was a literature teacher, and Martina, a daydreaming waitress at her fathers bar. The tedium takes a toll on their marriage. He wants to be a real sailor, tired of all the Greek classics. She expected something else of married life. One day Ulises disappears, and no sign of his body is found. Martina marries with an important local businessman. She apparently is happy with her new life until the day her first husband appears in the middle of a big party at her new house. The renew their relationship until events lead to the finding of both corpses that opens the novel.