Out of Combat
Raúl Núñez · Worship
After the reissue of his legendary novels Pour whiskey on your dead friend y Sinatra, The latest work by Raúl Núñez arrives from the hand of Efe Eme, unpublished for almost three decades. Out of Combat, written a year before the death of the legendary Argentine author, It is a choral work where adrift characters wander and a fierce portrait of marginality., desolation and loneliness. SAINTS LEMOINE (The Bathysphere)
I left like a storm
Sara Herrera Peralta Consonni
The Sevillian poet Sara Herrera Peralta delights us with a novel, almost essay and research, about the gesture of writing and about the act of knitting as artivism. A deeply lyrical and reflective work that the author wrote while composing the poems of The chirping of birds and the dripping of water falling from the ceiling. Two works that make up one. A wonder. ALODIA CLEMENTE (The Red)
Kavanagh
Esther Cross · lower case
They say life is a matter of places, more than events. I dare to add that sometimes it is a question of places that we do not even enter. These stories are stories of a place, a skyscraper that exerts a fascination and power on its inhabitants that manages to transform their existences. Esther Cross, also author of another magnificent book edited by minuscula, Frankenstein's wife, returns to bookstores with this precise and magical book of stories. JAIME ORTEGA (Per-r-ucho)
The good evil
Samanta Schweblin · Six Barral
Through the six stories of The good evil, Samanta Schweblin manages to take us to extreme places without ever crossing the plane of reality.. His stories are like a countdown, like an alarm signal ringing very loudly without anyone being able to turn it off. Where the disturbing breaks into normality to disrupt it, where evil surfaces for a moment and drains away again until it disappears. ESTELA SANCHIS (Bangarang)
Clear
Carys Davies · Asteroid Books
Clear is a short but deeply moving novel that transports the reader to a remote Scottish island in 1843. The story follows Ivar, a lonely man facing eviction from his ancestral home, and John Ferguson, a young priest in charge of executing the order. They are both opposite characters., but they develop a relationship marked by empathy and mutual understanding. Through austere and poetic prose, Davies explores themes such as isolation, resistance to change and human connection in the midst of adversity. The work stands out for its ability to convey deep emotions in a few words., leaving a lasting impression on the reader. A little literary gem. LIGHTS ROMERO
Orbital
Samantha Harvey · Anagram
With faithful prose, descriptive and a poetic point that follows six astronauts from the International Space Station during 24 hours (16 orbits to Earth), Orbital reveals to us that, without image in between, we can reimagine with emotion what it looks like and what it feels like up there. And give thanks for the majestic and warm planet that gives us shelter. Booker Prize-winning novel 2024. S.M.
