Free December 2022

sadness
Elena Quiroga Bamba Editorial · 2022
Elena Quiroga was a writer as exceptional as she is little known today.. An innovative and delicate author whose strength lies in the brilliance of her interior monologues.. sadness It is a good example of his literary quality, exceptionally edited by Bamba. It is always good news when a new publishing house is born, but if, besides, It is an independent publisher, with such exquisite taste in the preparation of its catalog, What is the expression of the literary magazine Bamba, It is based in Valencia and publishes Elena Quiroga, It's a party! ALODIA CLEMENTE (The Red)

Small unimportant misfortunes
Miriam Toews · Sixth floor · 2022
“She wanted to die and I wanted her to live and we were enemies who loved each other”. The complex relationship of two sisters of Mennonite origin is marked by the deep desire of the older one to take her own life and the hard work of the younger one to try to prevent it.. Small unimportant misfortunes It is a book about suicide that moves easily between heartbreak and the sharpest humor.. ESTELA SANCHIS (Bangarang)

The wing thugs
Daniel Woodrell · Sajalin · 2022
After the edition of the brilliant Under the harsh light, Sajalín adds to its catalog the violent, colloquial, disturbing and brutally funny The wing thugs. Another crime novel by Daniel Woodrell that, on this occasion, stars Emil Jadick, leader of a gang of ex-convicts known as El Ala. As usual, another essential title for lovers of the genre. JAIME ORTEGA (Per-r-ucho)

Cause-to-wait
Joan Fuster · Three and Four · 2022
Originally published on 1965, Cause-to-wait by Joan Fuster collects notes from his diary. A good approach to the essayist Carpenter: original, imaginative, incisive, good read. surprising. I read it! Fragments like those dedicated to colonialism, the country-city relationship or anti-Semitism are worth it. But also those dedicated to the dog, to the fork or to insomnia. Or those dedicated to cultural issues and characters, like Maragall, Riba o Gaudí. A festival of intelligence that remains valid. carpenter, a great classic of our culture. GUSTAU MUÑOZ

Centaur again
Katixa Aguirre · Transit · 2022
Located in Katixa Aguirre Centaur again in a fairly near future where tourism has practically disappeared and the situation of the world population is delicate since there are climate refugees everywhere. At the far end, Virtual reality is here to stay and is part of people's lives with such normality that it scares. The body no longer belongs to us, now we are avatars. The protagonist of this novel is a designer who works for the metaverse and goes to Paris in search of inspiration for a project focused on the figure of Mary Wollstonecraft.. Reality will cease to exist just as the protagonist believes, and you will wonder: where is the real? A reflection brimming with irony on parallel realities, the increasingly present need for evasion, self-deception and sexuality. LIGHTS ROMERO

The family
Sara Mesa Anagram · 2022
With his sharp writing, accurate and, sometimes, unsettling, Sara Mesa uncovers the life of a family full of cracks, who lives under the oppression of a father obsessed with righteousness and pedagogy. The family institution marked by obedience is left naked, silence and shame, that leads its members to seek escape routes, pretenses and lies. G.P.

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