THE BROKEN LACE (ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN)
Emilia Pardo Bazán · Editorial Password · 2018
Emilia Pardo Bazán is one of the most prolific and important authors of Spanish literature but few people know her work beyond novels.. Always portraying strong women, Pardo Bazán does not stop denouncing the violence exercised against them by men, whatever your relationship with them. Some stories that are current today and that, Unfortunately, are still necessary. ALODIA CLEMENTE (THE RED)
THE DISGUSTING
Santiago Lorenzo Blackie Books · 2018
This is probably one of the best books you will read this year.. Our protagonist takes refuge in a lost village after stabbing a riot police officer who wanted to hit him., there he survives on raw vegetables, reading Austral books that he finds in an attic and a basic purchase from Lidl that his uncle hands him. This novel includes, on the one hand,, the desire to be alone, the aversion to everything related to technology with a kind of joy in austerity. And the need to be, first of all, practical and delight in what germinates within. LIGHTS ROMERO (BARTLEBY)
COLORAMA. THE BOOK OF THE COLORS OF THE WORLD
Cruschiform · Maeva Young · 2018
We put Colorama in the backpack and we go with Cruschiform on a trip around the world of colors, a world full of tones and nuances: from snow white to black liquorice pill, sakura flower pink or tuareg blue. At each stop we will learn curious facts about the 133 colors that make up this beautiful illustrated color chart. F. MARTÍN
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF STEPHANIE MAILER
Joel Dicker · Alfaguara · 2018
Three police officers with a past have to solve the disappearance of journalist Stephanie Mailer, who was investigating the murder of the mayor of Orphea and his family, and of the runnerMeghan Padalin, happened twenty years ago, the opening night of the first theater festival of the small summer town. Crime novel by the precocious Swiss bestseller Joël Dicker woven with many plots (from the past and present), some suspects and unexpected turns that bring us closer to the culprit. Life is pure theater. S.M.
WE CAN BE HEROES
Roberta Marrero Lunwerg · 2018
Roberta Marrero bastes in We can be heroesan ode to the different, to the queer, cross-dressed, provocative and against the current, to everyone who leaves the fold with a kick and with superhuman strength endures the social pressure that marginalizes and humiliates him. He tells us about his LGTBQ+ references and confirms, in first person, how important they were to her and all the “weirdos” of the group, because they acted as a mirror in which to look at oneself and feel recognized. Well-known faces cooked in popular culture such as David Bowie and his “faggot for the masses”, the pioneer of the drag world Divine, the mother of techno Wendy Carlos, the androgynous Grace Jones, singers Boy George, Madonna, Marilyn Manson or Rocío Jurado and actress Laverne Cox, among many others who fought in different ways to give visibility to the world that lives far from heteronormative. S.M.
PERMAFROST
Eva Baltasar Literatura Random House · 2018
Eva Baltasar's writing comes from poetry and assaults the reader with metaphors that run through the body with a tragicomic chill.. A misanthropic costume and the constant flirtation with death carried out by the brilliant protagonist of Permafrost They are the perfect excuse to delve into the complex psychology of romantic desire today and always.. MIREIA PEREZ (THE BATHYSPHERE)
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