Books May 2025

Parade
Rachel Cusk · Asteroid Books
Canadian Rachel Cusk returns with an exceptional novel where the narrating voice itself jumps between the characters to create a multifaceted reality rich in points of view.. Parade It's a short novel, but made to savor and reflect page by page. ALODIA CLEMENTE (The Red)

The list of seven
Mark Frost · Obstacles
Mark Frost, creator of Twin Peaks, immerses us in a Victorian London shrouded in mist, where secret societies pull the strings of power and plots are woven in the shadows. And where a young Arthur Conan Doyle faces a threat that blurs the boundaries of reason. JAIME ORTEGA (Per-r-ucho)

Write before
Sabina Urraca · Commissure
In Write before, Sabina Urraca shares the writing process of her latest novel Zeal (Alfaguara 2024). through a diary, a set of notes, reflections and ideas born on walks, to watch the dog, to listen to his classmates during his stay at the Sanià writers' residence. A beautiful book edited with the care that Comisura puts into all its projects. ESTELA SANCHIS (Bangarang)

The death of Virginia
Leonard Woolf · Cal Carre
Leonard Woolf, British Labor intellectual and politician, elu l is torit the Virginia Wool, and created with her the Hogarth Press. In The death of Virginia evokes his trajectory, meeting and living together, the personality and the work of Virginia, their successes and their anxieties, and his tragic end, with enormous sensitivity. Also the vital environment and ideas of England at the time. GUSTAU MUÑOZ

The trail
Trisah Miró · Osadia Ediciones
The trail, by Trisah Miró, It is a poetic journey that transforms the pain of his father's suicide into a song for life.. With sensitivity and beauty, explore loss, grief and healing, making visible the importance of mental health and leaving a luminous mark in every word. Inspired by Japanese kintsugi, repair wounds with verses, turning fragility into art and memory. AU

Offensive
Alex Devis Mainz · Indie books
Arturo's life is marked by unexpected plot twists, many of them tragic, and for a constant: chess. Offensive is a novel about resilience in the face of life's cruelest moves, about the human capacity to redirect existence and find one's own identity, told from the sharp sarcasm and intelligent humor of Àlex Devís. GLORIA POZUELO

I want and I can't
Raquel Peláez · Blackie Books
The crucible of the Spanish pijerío dissected with sarcasm and seriousness in equal parts. Raquel Peláez says that posh has to do with aspirational, with the appearance of being part of the elite. The fun thing about I want and I can't is that Peláez lands his theory by parading characters like Tamara Falcó or Pocholo Martínez-Bordiu. The conclusion is that “we can all be someone else's posh”. S.M.

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