Is state sanctioned mating less violent? This is the essence of everything: violence. The death in the mating frightens us more than the actual death. When will the shame end? When will business and rent end? When will money, business, culture and laws get off the hook of mating; when will they return mating to its modesty, its purity, its cleanliness, its expression of life?

Manuel Vilas, one of the most exciting writers of contemporary Spanish literature with his novels, stories and poems, explores the nature of love and eroticism in a wry and daring way in The Gift of Glitter.
Víctor Dilan, the protagonist of the novel, is a famous and beloved writer well past middle age. He has a talent he considers a sacred gift, an irresistible charm that easily draws women to his bed. He has almost no moral concerns; he takes pleasure in cheating on his wife, his lovers and seducing every female he comes across. Dilan's life, which is busy transferring her relentless erotic fantasies into her life and novel, will enter a frenzied pace after she meets Esther, the "bloodthirsty carnivore who drives men crazy" Witch. Dilan, whose sex life, fantasies and lifestyle are much tougher than his own, who knows no rules or boundaries, and who has found a very young partner, calls Ester to the roof to "talk", even though he is aware of her destructive charms and there are no shots fired from the other side, and suddenly attacks her with his cannon and rifle and commits a brutal massacre.

Young and well-educated people who tried to stand with the people against exploitation and imperialism were destroyed by this massacre. While the civilian and military cadres who carried out the massacre in Kızıldere went to the dustbin of history, the murdered revolutionaries remained in the hearts of the people. Their memories are on the tip of tongues and their posters fly like flags. With their short lives, they left the following record in history: Revolutionaries do not die.