The twilight of the world
Surrender
Joanna Pocock · Nature's mistakes · 2022
Sometimes, the easiest thing is to give up. In the face of fears, wishes. In the face of the wild. Surrender It is an essay halfway between a memoir, investigative journalism and nature writing, The author shows us her journey from a life in London to the mountains of Montana. He will talk to us about environmental movements, of ancestral communities, of trappers, from self-destruction to return to what is necessary. LIGHTS ROMERO (Bartleby)
Dystocia
Pilar Codony · The Editorial Law · 2022
L'Altra Editorial published in February Dystocia by Pilar Codony, Press Documenta 2021 to present an intimate and brave look at abortion and motherhood, avoiding literary populism and commonplaces. Dystocia it is a straight and direct story set in a real rural environment. A raw and beautiful story about life and motherhood, and the decisions that are made around them. ALODIA CLEMENTE (The Red)
The Crazy
Cristina Fallarás · Editions B · 2022
After Mary Magdalene, Cristina Fallarás gives voice and own story to another female historical figure, in this case, to Joan of Castile, “The crazy one”. In a perfect dialogue between the 16th century and today, The feminist author recreates the life of a woman—and queen—locked up by her father until her death during 46 years. And once again he stands up to the patriarchal version of events. S.P.
Klara and the sun
Kazuo Ishiguro · Anagram · 2021
Nobel Prize in Literature Kazuo Ishiguro imagines a future with friendly, solar-powered humanoids who perform artificial friendship tasks for children. Klara is one of those little beings who, with a curiosity superior to the rest of robots, analysis, learns and makes us think about human behavior. A science fiction book in which Klara herself narrates in first person her learning and relationship with her owner Josie, her friends and a family with some unexpected plans for the protagonist. A science fiction book full of reflections. JUAN CARLOS MATAX
The optimists
Rebecca Makkai · Sixth floor · 2021
Rebecca Makkai intertwines the story of a group of young gay friends devastated by the AIDS pandemic with the adult life of the sister of one of them., traumatized by having to care for them during their illness and say goodbye to them amidst social and family rejection. One by one, under the immobility of the negligent Regan administration and the contempt of an ignorant and homophobic society afraid of this unknown virus, lethal and ruthless. The optimists makes a magnificent x-ray of the Chicago of those black eighties that followed a time of optimism and fun. The feeling of dodging bullets, the shame and fear of seeing the rashes caused by the disease, the initial reluctance in the LGTBI community regarding the test that determined who was a carrier of the virus, the moral and psychological blow of knowing oneself positive, the problems of finding a dentist who accepted homosexuals or insurance that offered them health coverage. These are some of the scenarios drawn in this exciting and devastating book about a silenced and stigmatized “war” that left a trail of dead and no medals.. S.M.
