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| Author: | Title: | Description: |
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| Adón, P. | Viajes inocentes | A collection of short stories whose characters are emotional nomads, constantly yearning for things they cannot have and places they cannot go to. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.25 | ||
| Aguilar Monsalve, L.A | La otra cara del tiempo y otros cuentos | A collection of short stories by an Ecuadorean author whose writing is rich and diverse, combining dream with reality. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.25 | ||
| Aguilera, J.M | El sueño de la razón | Historical novel set in the turbulent Europe of the 16th century. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.95 | ||
| Aguilera, J.M. | Rihla | The year is 890. Lisán al-Aysar, an Arab from the kingdom of Granada, sets out on an ambitious exhibition, convinced there is another world across the ocean. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £7.50 | ||
| Aguirre Bellver, J | La mirada de un niño | A delightfully simple novel that captures the ingenuity and freshness of a seven-year-old child's experiences and emotions in Republican Madrid during the Civil War. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.95 | ||
| Aira, C | Las curas milagrosas del Doctor Aira | A selection of short stories including one about Dr Aira, who has the special gift of creating miracles. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.70 | ||
| Aira, C | Parménides | Aira uses the relationship between Perniola and Parmenides to examine the role of literature and ideas about desire. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £12.65 | ||
| Aira, C. | Un episodio en la vida del pintor viajero | Argentinian landscape painter Rugendas spends his time travelling around the pampas recording the changing face of the villages and countryside of his native land. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.95 | ||
| Alberto, E | El retablo del Conde Eros | An actor finds himself caught up in a decadent world of prostitution and pornography in this lively novel set in 1950s Cuba. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.95 | ||
| Alberto, E. | Esther en alguna parte | Touching story of the friendship between a distraught widower from Havana and his old friend Aristides, who has spent his life seducing women, none of whom can replace his lost childhood sweetheart. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.95 | ||
| Algora, C. | El rey de las almadrabas | Hernán is taken in by the Duke of Medina and becomes a spy for him in his political machinations. Set against the fall of the Habsburg monarchy and the independence of Portugal. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.50 | ||
| Allende, I. | Zorro | Set in California, 1790 - this is the story of Diego de la Vega and of how he became the legendary Zorro. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £24.95 | ||
| Alvarez, M. T. | Madre Sacramento | Set in 19th-century Spain, this is the story of a female aristocrat who rejects wealth and luxury in order to make a controversial decision which scandalized society. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.75 | ||
| Alvarez, M. T. | El secreto de Maribárbola | Little is known about Maribárbola, the dwarf in Velázquez's masterpiece Las Meninas, but this historical novel reveals her shocking secret, suddenly threatening the life of a distinguished Madrid family. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.95 | ||
| Alvarez, M.T | La comunera de Castilla | The emperor Charles V gets more than he bargained for when he encounters feisty María Pacheco, widow of an executed rebel. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.95 | ||
| Amoraga, C | Algo tan parecido al amor | The lives of three women enable the author to portray love in its many forms. Runner-up to the famous Premio Nadal. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.95 | ||
| Amores, M. | El pintor de palacio | Historical novel in which a painter looks back on his time working with Velázquez at the court of Felipe IV. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.95 | ||
| Andahazi, F. | La ciudad de los herejes | Set in Medieval France, and Duke Geffory de Charny has hatched a cunning plan to revive the saint Sudario, in order to further his political ambitions. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.65 | ||
| Anderson Córdova, B. | La última noche | Collection of short stories whose themes are passion, love and life. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.95 | ||
| Andreu, J | Tamara de Lempicka | The extraordinary story of Tamara, aristocrat, painter and revolutionary, who scandalises the Russian court with her bohemian behaviour. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.50 | ||
| Antolín, E. | Final feliz | Mariate is an attractive and intelligent woman, devastated by the loss of the great love of her life. She tries to cope by researching the life of a distant 19th century ancestor. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.40 | ||
| Antolín, E. | No se hable más | An intense novel whose middle-aged protagonists deal with desire, solitude and tragedy through gardening and translation. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.50 | ||
| Aparicio, J.P | La mitad del diablo | A literary puzzle full of twists and apparent dead ends. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.50 | ||
| Aparicio, J.P | Tristeza de lo finito | A Spanish writer reflects on his mother's life during her funeral, in this depiction of the feminine condition in 20th century Spain. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.70 | ||
| Aparicio-Belmonte, J | El disparatado círculo de los pájaros borrachos | Social satire and a cast of strong characters take centre stage in this novel, including a beautiful policewoman and a writer accused of horrendous crimes. *XXI Premio Lengua de Trapo de Novela* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.95 | ||
| Arce, J.C. | La orilla del mundo | A young journalist investigates allegations of a multinational company's use of child labour in Pakistan, putting her life in danger in the process. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.90 | ||
| Arce, J.C. | La orilla del mundo | A journalist tries to expose the use of child labour in Pakistan, thereby facing the consequences of denouncing a multinational Spanish company. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.90 | ||
| Arcucci, F., & K. Ferri | Cristo, Nerón, y el secreto de la Magdalena | Historical thriller set in ancient Rome. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.95 | ||
| Arenas, D. | Bajo los árboles azules | A tragic story of love and solitude, set during the Spanish Civil War. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.30 | ||
| Arenas, R. | Termina el desfile/Adiós a mamá | A collection of short stories which paints with extraordinary diversity the lively and baroque Cuba of Arenas' memories. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.55 | ||
| Argemi, R. | Patagonia chu chu | A darkly humorous novel about a landed sailor and a striking machinist who decide to rob a train in Patagonia. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.50 | ||
| Arredondo, I | Las palabras silenciosas | This collection by one of Mexico's most celebrated writers re-forges the links between Spain and Latin America, and is a wonderful introduction to the most intense of literary genres. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.95 | ||
| Arriaga, G | Un dulce olor a muerte | When Ramón is wrongly identified as the boyfriend of a murdered girl he feels compelled to avenge her death. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.95 | ||
| Arsuagem J.L | Al otro lado de la niebla | The author draws on his experience as a paleontologist to produce an evocative novel set in the Stone Age. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £7.70 | ||
| Arzola, J.L | Todos los buitres y el Tigre | A story of broken dreams and lost chances, set in the author's native Cuba. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.15 | ||
| Asensi, M | Tierra firme | The redoubtable Catalina Solís reinvents herself as a male pirate in this vivid tale of contraband and adventure set in the Caribbean of the 17th-century. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.70 | ||
| Asensi, M | Todo bajo el cielo | Set in 1920s Shanghai, the death of Elvira's husband sets off a series of extraordinary adventures. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.95 | ||
| Avila Salazar, A | Todo lo que se ve | A lyrical novel of love taken to extremes. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.95 | ||
| Ayerra, R. | El capitán y la gloria | Philosophical novel about the role of authority and resistance in society, and the nature of power. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Balasch, E. | La Virgen de la Mosca | Detective Frank Donovan undertakes an investigation which plunges him into the world of stolen art. The Church is also part of this world. Its secret service will stop at nothing, even murder, to protect and further their interests. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.65 | ||
| Balasch, Enric | La virgen de la mosca | Detective Frank Donovan receives a mysterious letter about a stolen painting, and unwittingly finds himself submerged in a sophisticated world of traffickers, art dealers and the secret service. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.65 | ||
| Balbuena, F | El oráculo de la tortuga | A rich Chinese man is burned alive in a Las Vegas casino, and detective José Picatoste finds himself caught up in the murky world of drug smugglers, illegal immigrants, and the sweathops of the Mexican border towns. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.85 | ||
| Banda Ramos, E. & F. García Calderón | Sedimentos en un pantano | A novel about the dilemma of the "second chance" and its consequences. Written by two authors who create the effect of a single writer with one view, this literary marriage is a continuation of their relationship. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.90 | ||
| Barreratyszky, A | La enfermedad | A beautiful and moving account of how one man, Ernesto Durán, confronts his own mortality. *Premio Herralde de Novela 2006* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.95 | ||
| Barrero, Joaquín M. | El tiempo escondido | 70 years after their disappearance, the bodies of two men are found in a remote Asturian village. A cynical private detective becomes obsessed with solving the mystery. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.95 | ||
| Barriuso, J | Siempre serás un membrillo | Marcelo carries out an international robbery for political motives, which pales in comparison to his subsequent discovery of the identity of a politician's killer and dismantling of a web of corruption, drugs and money-laundering. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.70 | ||
| Baulenas, L-A | La felicidad | Novel of love and instrigue set in the Barcelona of 1909. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.95 | ||
| Bayly, J. | Y de repente, un ángel | When Julian's fiancée puts her foot down about the state of his house he decides to employ a maid. An unexpected friendship develops between the impetuous young writer and Mercedes, sold as a servant at the age of ten by a mother who could not support her. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.95 | ||
| Bayón, F. | De un mal golpe | Private detective Luis León finds himself caught up in a plot involving drugs, corruption and organized crime in modern-day Marbella. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.55 | ||
| Beccaria, L. | Mariposas en la nieve | A tale of mystery and suspense whose theme is the process of growing up and letting go of childhood beliefs. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £14.95 | ||
| Becerra, A | Lo que le falta al tiempo | A young art student finds her life in Paris turned upside down when she meets a famous painter. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.95 | ||
| Becerra, C | De los amores negados | A tempestuous love story set in a Colombian port. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.95 | ||
| Bellatín, M | El Gran Vidrio | Seen from the view of three characters, El Gran Vidrio is a surreal Mexican festival which takes place in ruined buildings where hundreds of people struggle to survive. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.60 | ||
| Bellatín, M. | Lecciones para una liebre muerta | Series of 260 related fragments and short stories that draw on the experiences of the author and his family, as well as several other plots which unfold to create a complex narrative network. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Belli, G | El infinito en la palma de la mano | A magical and evocative novel based on the story of Adam and Eve. *Premio Biblioteca Breve 2008* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.95 | ||
| Belmonte, E. | La época del agua | The story of two couples whose matrimonial passion has long since faded. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.80 | ||
| Benavides, J.E | Un millón de soles | Set in the political upheaval of 1960s Peru, this is the third and final instalment in an intriguing trilogy full of conspiracy and corruption. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.80 | ||
| Benavides, J.E. | La noche de Morgana | Short stories examining the human condition and our tendency to self-destruct under pressure. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.25 | ||
| Bendahan, E | Déjalo, ya volveremos | Autobiographical novel about a young Jewish girl growing up in Tetuán, and her struggle to come to terms with the threats and tensions that surround her. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.75 | ||
| Bendahan, E. | Deshojando alcachofas | Teli's life as a painter is complicated by the burden of her mother's illness and the suspicion that her best friend's husband is having an affair. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.70 | ||
| Benítez Reyes, F | Mercado de espejismos | Corina and Jacob are two art thieves who, tempted by retirement, agree to take on one last assignment - the theft of relics from Cologne Cathedral. *Premio Nadal 2007* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.70 | ||
| Benítez, J. J. | Caballo de Troya 7 | The latest in this very popular science-fiction series. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £23.50 | ||
| Benítez, J.J. | La quinta columna: los habitantes de otros planetas están aquí, entre nosotros | |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £8.95 | ||
| Benítez, J.J. | Ricky B.: una historia "oficialmente" imposible | |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.95 | ||
| Benítez, J.J. | Yo, Julio Verne: la biografía del más visionario autor del siglo XX | |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.95 | ||
| Benjamín, A.V | 7 x 1. Siete crímenes per capita | Seven different stories involving crimes by or on women are explored in this exciting new novel. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £14.40 | ||
| Berti, E. | Todos los Funes | Jean-Yves Funes, son of an Argentinian tango dancer, resolves to become a writer after reading Borges" famous story about Funes. From then on he is inexplicably pursued by a host of identical Funes characters, one of whom carries a secret… |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £12.95 | ||
| Biedma, Juan Ramón | El imán y la brújula | Spain, 1926. A deserter from the Moroccan war is hired to find two pornographic films made by members of a cult who follow the Marquis de Sade. He quickly descends into an abject, corrupt underworld. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.55 | ||
| Biggi, I | La fórmula Stradivarius | In a captivating novel which combines history, religion and music, readers unravel the mysterious links between a series of violent attacks in contemporary Spain, and the work of the 17th-century violin maker. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £26.95 | ||
| Bilbao, I | Asesinato en el spa | "Chick lit" novel in which Eva Zárraga, a 36 year old photographer, finds herself turning detective after a rich old lady is murdered in the sophisticated High Society Spa. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.95 | ||
| Bocero de la Rosa, F.J | La derrota | Novel which charts Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and the subsequent waves of conflict throughout the rest of Europe. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £25.95 | ||
| Bolaño, Roberto | El secreto del mal | This volume is the fleshed out skeleton of what was going to be Roberto Bolaño's fourth book, a book he was working on shortly before his death. It contains a number of other stories meticulously collected by Ignacio Echevarría. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.65 | ||
| Bolea, J. | Los hermanos de la costa | Detective novel set in the coastal town of Portocristo. A series of mysterious crimes appear to be linked to satanic rituals. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.95 | ||
| Bonilla, J. | El Estadio de mármol | Short stories in which the characters are taken to the edge of reality in their efforts to deal with fear and disorientation. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.55 | ||
| Boullosa, C. | La otra mano de Lepanto | Historical novel based on one of Cervantes" most vivid characters, the gipsy dancer María. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.25 | ||
| Brasca, R. | Ultimos juegos | Sometimes a single minute can change your life for ever. A dazzling collection of short stories from this highly-rated Argentinian writer. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £15.30 | ||
| Brodsky, Roberto | Bosque quemado | The story of Moisés, a communist cardiologist forced to flee his native country after the military coup in Chile. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.25 | ||
| Bryce Echenique, A | Las obras infames de Pancho Marambio | A middle-aged Peruvian lawyer decides to start a new life in Barcelona, only to encounter trouble in the form of a vulgar and dishonest client. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.40 | ||
| Bucay, J. | Cartas para Claudia | Epistolary novel based on the author's experiences as a psychiatrist. This new version includes an audio CD. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £13.95 | ||
| Bucay, J. | Cuenta conmigo | The second in the bestselling "Déjame que te cuente" series, whose protagonist Demián is now 40 years old. Faced with the fact that his marriage is failing, he turns to his old mentor for advice. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.60 | ||
| Buenaventura, R. | El último negro | VI PREMIO DE NOVELA FERNANDO QUINONES Rodrígo has led a charmed existence, full of financial and sexual success. At the age of 70 he employs an attractive young woman to write a novel based on his life. For the first time in his life he no longer feels in control. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.85 | ||
| Calcedo Juanes, G | Saqueos del corazón | A woman leaves her daughter at the dentist's surgery, promising to collect her soon. But will she keep her promise...? A modern day fairy tale. *IV Premio Iberoamericano de Relato "Cortes de Cádiz"* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.55 | ||
| Calcedo Juanes, G. | El peso en gramos de los colibríes | Nine short stories dealing with an eclectic range of themes including chance, routine and doubt. *XV Premio Tiflos de Cuento* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £12.45 | ||
| Calderón, E | El mapa del creador | Set in wartime Rome, a young couple desperate for money decide to sell some books. Little do they know that one book contains information desperately needed by the Nazis and the Vatican. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.95 | ||
| Calderón, R | Los crímenes del número primo | Judge Lola MacHor finds her life in danger as she investigates the brutal murder of two young clerics in a remote hermitage in Northern Spain. A powerful and compelling novel. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.95 | ||
| Calvo Poyato, J | La dama del dragón | Historical novel set in Renaissance Italy. This is the story of the indomitable Caterina Sforza, for whom the Medicis, the Borgias and even Machiavelli proved no match. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.70 | ||
| Calvo Poyato, J | El ritual de las doncellas | Fray Hortensio and Capablanca meet against a backdrop of intrigue and suspicion in 17th-century Seville, during an investigation into the mysterious murders of several women. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.95 | ||
| Calvo Poyato, J. | El Manuscrito de Calderón | The search for a lost Golden Age manuscript uncovers not only professional jealousy but also a series of complex political manoeuvres. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.85 | ||
| Calvo, J | Mundo maravilloso | An action-packed adventure story set in London and Barcelona. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £26.75 | ||
| Calvo, J. | Los ríos perdidos de Londres | A collection of short stories set in various periods of London's history. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £14.95 | ||
| Camblor, I | Maldita Cenicienta | A reclusive teacher from Madrid is drawn into a web of intrigue when her flatmate disappears. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.95 | ||
| Caparrós, M | A quien corresponda | Carlos reflects on his time as a young Argentinian activist 30 years before, in this vivid depiction of one of the darkest periods in Latin America's history. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.80 | ||
| Cardelús, P | El esqueleto de los guisantes | Written in the form of a diary, life in an advertising agency is portrayed as superficially mundane yet with hidden resentments and desires. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £12.50 | ||
| Carmona Ruiz, M. A. | María de Molina | This is the story of the remarkable María de Molina, whose control of Castilian politics and conspiracies enabled her to consolidate her reign during the turbulent 13th century. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £17.50 | ||
| Carol, M | Una velada en el Excelsior | Fleeing the 1st Workd War, a young Parisian cabaret singer finds herself submerged in the seedier side of Barcelona, her adopted city. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.75 | ||
| Carrasco de Oro, P. J. | El cielo que no sé | In this darkly funny novel, Alex finds himself under arrest in an unknown village and blames everyone but himself for his fate. A week in the life of a young man during Spain's transition to democracy. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.30 | ||
| Casariego, N. | Cazadores de luz | Contemporary novel about a man without morals who is willing to sell anything, including himself. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.95 | ||
| Casavella, F | Lo que sé de los vampiros | When Martín de Viloalla decides to accompany the Jesuits driven from Spain in 1767, he embarks on a life-changing journey, meeting the artists, philosophers and swindlers who will change the face of future society. *Premio Nadal 2008* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.95 | ||
| Castillo Durá, F. del | El sable torcido del general | Novella based on a true incident from the Civil War. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.45 | ||
| Castro, L | La segunda mujer | A middle-aged man's obsession with a young woman rapidly wears off as class and age differences take their toll. *Premio Biblioteca Breve 2006* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.55 | ||
| Castro, M | Y punto. | Clara Deza struggles to balance her job as a detective with her home life, as she tackles her most important case. A powerful depiction of the cruelty beneath the surface of a seemingly benevolent world. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.85 | ||
| Castro, S | En palacio nos encontraremos | A life-affirming novel about Antonio who, after deciding to prove it is possible to travel through time, embarks on a mission for social change which will bring him love along the way. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.95 | ||
| Cebrián, F | Recordatorio de mi primera Incomunión | January 1939 and a mother and her six children flee to France after the fall of Barcelona. Narrated by nine-year-old Fernando, this is a vivid depiction of the misery of war |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £12.60 | ||
| Cela Trulock, J. | Unos guantes viejos | A multilayered, kaleidoscopic novel about life, love and war. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £14.25 | ||
| Cercas, J. | La velocidad de la luz | The story of a friendship between an aspiring novelist and his roommate at a US university, a Vietnam vet who is secretly traumatised by his violent past, this novel deals with guilt, evil and the corrupting power of success, yet ultimately examines the power of literature to exorcise one's demons. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.95 | ||
| Cerrada, C. | Calor de Hogar, S.A. | Victor Ripstein considers himself a happy man until his wife leaves him unexpectedly. His inability to perform even basic domestic tasks proves problematic, and his job as an air-conditioning salesman falls under threat.*Premio de Novela Ateneo Joven de Sevilla* |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.95 | ||
| Cervera, A | La lentitud del espía | A story of spying, voyeurism and the psychology of human nature. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £9.95 | ||
| Cervera, A. | Aquel invierno | Set in the years following the Spanish Civil War, where uneasy silence and old photographs are the only reminders of those men and women lost for the Republican cause. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £11.25 | ||
| Chacón, F. | Uno de los dos | An ageing rock star returns to his home town in La Mancha, where his cocaine habit brings him to the attention of a Guardia Civil officer. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.60 | ||
| Chacón, I. | La princesa india | The story of a young Aztec girl who joins a captain in the army of Hernán Cortés in a perilous journey to the Spain of the Inquisition. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.95 | ||
| Chao, R. | Porque Cuba eres tú | Dolores looks back over a life filled with destiny, passion and the events she witnessed as immigrant in Cuba as well as her return to Republican Spain and the Civil War. A story of culture shock and internal struggle. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.50 | ||
| Chaviano, D | Historias de hadas para adultos | Three charming novellas full of references to fairy tales, Arthurian legend and classical mythology. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.95 | ||
| Chereguini, B | Buena amanecida, con horizontes claros y cielo despejado | Two-part novel which combines both reality and fiction. The author draws on his own childhood and career in this tale of two men working in the submarine industry in the aftermath of Spain's 1981 failed coup d'état. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £14.95 | ||
| Chirbes, R. | Crematorio | The death of ideologist turned farmer Matías Bertomeu sets in motion the key themes explored in Crematorio. Through his characters Chirbes offers an insight, both dazzling and terrible, into the contradictions facing modern day society. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £20.35 | ||
| Cifuentes, P. | La ruta de las tormentas | Well-received first novel which tells the story of Columbus's struggles during his last great journey to discovery. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.85 | ||
| Cobo, I | Utilidades de las casas | A book which deals with the conspiracy of silence in post-war Spain, seen from the perspective of a young girl. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £13.75 | ||
| Cobos Wilkins, J | El mar invisible | A beautifully written novel in which the author addresses the fate of gay men imprisoned under the Franco regime, and explores the universal themes of love, solitude and liberty. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £22.95 | ||
| Colubi, P | California 83 | A young Spaniard is overwhelmed by new experiences when his parents arrange ford him to spend a year with a Californian family. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.95 | ||
| Conde, A | Memoria de Noa | A young teacher reminisces about her past in an attempt to come to terms with the present. A novel which explores the depths of female sensitivity with rare and insightful skill. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.35 | ||
| Corcobado, J | El amor no está en el tiempo | Unable to cope with retirement and with his disfunctional family, Alejandro decides to leave in search of a new life. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.80 | ||
| Corral, J.L. | El número de Dios | Epic novel set in the Middle Ages. A young artist finds herself involved in the construction of the great cathedrals of Burgos and León, and becomes privy to a great religious secret. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £29.40 | ||
| Cozarinsky, E | El rufián moldavo | The stabbing in Paris of a trafficker of East European prostitutes is the starting point for this novel whose themes are collective and personal morality. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.25 | ||
| Cruz Ruiz, J | Ojalá octubre | A narrative inspired by the author's father, which seeks to capture key moments of his childhood. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £18.95 | ||
| Cruz Ruiz, J. | Retrato de un hombre desnudo | Proustian short stories which look at the meaning of time and memory and how they are bound to our daily lives. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £16.95 | ||
| Cruz Varela, M.E | La hija de Cuba | A Cuban historian finds herself in danger when she comes across a gang trafficking works of art. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £19.45 | ||
| Cueto, A. | Grandes miradas | A woman seeks revenge for the politically motivated murder of her boyfriend, and discovers her darkest and most violent side in the process. Based on a true story. |
| Spanish: New Fiction Price: £21.50 | ||
| Cueto, A. | La hora azul | The comfortable life of a wealthy Peruvian doctor is shattered when he learns about his late father's involvement with the notorious political movement, the Shining Path. *Premio Herralde de Novela* |
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| de González, F. | Andanzas de Camilo José Cela | Novel based on the Nobel-prizewinning author Camilo José Cela, as he struggles against poverty to complete his 1950s masterpiece, La colmena. |
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| de la Pau Janer, M. | Pasiones romanas | Instead of catching an aeroplane home, Ignacio decides on impulse to catch a different one - to Rome, in search of Dana, with whom he shared a brief but passionate liaison years ago. A sensuous and emotional love story. *Premio Planeta 2005* |
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| Díaz Húder, J | La amante del rey | Romance, war and political intrigue feature in this meticulously researched novel set in 14th-century France and Spain. |
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| Díaz Húder, J. | Un puente para el camino | Historical novel set in 11th century Spain during the Arab/Christian wars. |
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| Díaz Pérez, E. | Memoria de cenizas | Historical novel set in 16th century Seville. An Erasmist group faces persecution at the hands of the Inquisition. |
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| Díaz-Mas, P. | Como un libro cerrado | Novel about remembrance, in which the author recalls her youth and childhood, and traces the process by which she became a writer. |
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| Díez, J. (ed.) | Franco. Una historia alternativa | A "what if?" collection of short stories speculating on how life might have been if Franco had not succeeded in gaining power. |
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| Díez, L. M. | El fulgor de la pobreza | Three stories which look at the power of envy to destroy friendship. |
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| Domínguez, M. P. | Dime que no eres tú | Irene and her stepson Alejandro share a dark secret which creates a bond of fear between them. A modern morality tale of sex, guilt, and the conflict between liberty and desire. |
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| Dovalpage, Teresa | Muerte de un murciano en La Habana | A journey and interchange between Spain and Cuba, culture and sexuality. |
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| Durán, A.J | La piel del olvido | As he awaits death, an old man is haunted by memories of the part he played in atrocities during the Spanish Civil War. |
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| Edwards, J. | El inútil de la familia | Gripping family drama in which the narrator rediscovers his uncle, whose scandalous and fascinating life forms the central theme of the latest novel by an acclaimed Chilean writer. |
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| Enrigue, A | Vidas perpendiculares | A young Mexican boy alarms his family when he claims to recall previous incarnations as a prehistoric tribesman, a Greek serving girl and a 17th-century Italian priest. |
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| Enrique, A | Santuario del odio | An army officer finds himself with divided loyalties amid the confusion of the early days of the Civil War. |
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| Escriche, C | Enganches, amor y cárcel | Based on the true story of a young woman who falls in with the wrong crowd, ends up in prison and has to confront the demons in her life. |
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| Espinosa, G | La tejedora de coronas | A book that skips effortlessly between science and culture, as well as providing a vivid picture of the historical foundations of Latin America. |
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| Esquivel, L. | Malinche | New novel by the author of the widely-acclaimed "Like water for chocolate", this is the story of the controversial figure of la Malinche and her role in colluding with Hernán Cortés during the conquest of Mexico. |
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| Esquivias, O | La ciudad del Gran Rey (Novela) | Second volume in the Dantean trilogy which began with "Inquietud en el paraíso". Burgos, 1936, and a crowd has gathered to see off the military expedition to Purgatory. What seems like a mad idea turns into a terrifying reality. |
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| Esquivias, O | Inquietud en el paraíso | In 1936 a conference-goer in Burgos shocks fellow listeners with his claim that in order to write the Divine Comedy, visited Purgatory while still alive. |
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| Esquivias, O | Viene la noche | The third and final instalment in an intriguing trilogy, whose protagonist Benjamín Tobes has a passion for reading which informs every aspect of his daily life. |
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| Etxebarria, L. (ed.) | Lo que los hombres no saben... El sexo contado por las mujeres | Collection of short stories by contemporary women writers which examines the politics of desire from a female perspective. |
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| Etxenike, Luisa | Los peces negros | Poetic novel about passion, love and musical interpretation. |
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| Solano, F | Rastros de nadie | Can one write in order to hide behind the words, to be no one? The three chapters compliment each other and dissolve into one, offering the reader, too, the chance to disappear on reading the final line. |
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| F. M. | Corazón | When the protagonist's wife dies during childbirth, Wilson, a Manhattan bridge engineer, is left to take care of his only son. A new contract to build railway bridges takes him to yet untamed parts of America and further away from his son. |
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| Fadanelli, G | Educar a los topos | An 11 year old boy has a hard time at a military academy in 1970s Mexico. |
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| Fadanelli, G. | Malacara | Provocative novel about a man with a burning desire to become an assassin… |
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| Fajardo, J.M | Maneras de estar | An entertaining collection of short stories narrated with wit and subtlety by this acclaimed author. |
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| Fajardo, J.M. | A pedir de boca | Set in Paris, this is a sensual and passionate novel whose characters, exiles from Spain, Mexico and Romania, embrace life to the full. |
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| Falcones, I | La catedral del mar | Number one bestseller in Spain, Falcones" first novel, set in medieval Barcelona, tells of the construction of the Santa María del Mar church, a symbol of the city and of the Catalan people. |
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| Fernández Alvarez, M | La gran aventura de Cristóbal Colón | Historical novel. |
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| Fernández Cubas, C. | Parientes pobres del diablo | Disturbing short stories full of ghosts and dreams, heavily influenced by the writing of Henry James |
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| Fernández Dardano, A.M | Las rosas de Anita | Intriguing novella set in present-day Argentina. |
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| Fernández de la Sota, J. | Suerte de perro y otras historias | Collection of short stories about family disintegration, madness, schooldays and coping with divorce. |
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| Fernández Mallo, A | Nocilla experience | In a book which has been described as a "fictional kaleidoscope", Fernández Mallo introduces us to characters whose eccentricities are ultimately an expression of their solitude. |
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| Ferrando, I. | Ceremonias de interior | A boxer who loses all his fights, a woman who turns into a spider, an aspiring saxophonist and sculptor... just some of the intriguing personalities to be found in this collection of short stories. |
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| Ferré, J. F. | La fiesta del asno | Set in 2997, this novel tells of the present day in boldly unflinching terms, parodying the language of reality TV shows, advertising, political novels and pornographic stories. |
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| Ferrero, J. | Angeles del abismo | A novel about the moment of transition from adolescence to adulthood, and how we cope with this sudden change. |
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| Fesser, G | A cien millas de Manhattan | A panoramic depiction of the USA in all its ethnic and social diversity. |
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| Figueras, M | La batalla del calentamiento | A contemporary fairy story by one of Spain's finest young authors. |
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| Flores Figueroa, P. | En tierra cruenta | A princess and a psychiatric patient are some of the characters whose lives converge in an original plot, where the real and the dream-like coexist to create a work charged with mystery and sensuality. |
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| Flores, J.J. | Todas las primaveras | Following the sudden death of famous film director Germán Lozano, his young assistant decides to carry on with their current project. But the film script has disappeared and Diego quickly finds himself enmeshed in a web of secrets. |
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| Fogwill, R.(ed.) | Cuentos argentinos | Anthology of the most representative Argentinian short story writers of the last 16 years. |
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| Fons, Pepe | El diario de los jueves | After a ten year separation, a father and son attempt to rebuild their relationship by meeting every Thursday. |
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| Forrellad, L | Fuego latente | The story of orphan Pol Caselles and his coming of age in turbulent 19th-century Barcelona. |
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| Fortes, L | El azar de Laura Ulloa | Secrets, fears, suspicions and unspoken desires are the ingredients of this family saga set in remote Galicia. |
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| Fraile, M., et al | Cuentos policíacos: tinta y pólvora | An anthology of detective stories by contemporary Spanish and Latin-American authors. |
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| Franz, C | Almuerzo de vampiros | In this darkly humorous novel, Carlos Franz satirises the modern day obsession with immortality: the desire to maintain beauty and defy death. |
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| Freixas, L. | Amor o lo que sea | Poetic novel about a young aspiring writer and her quest for success in Barcelona. |
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| Freixas, L. | Amor o lo que sea | A young publishing assistant dreams of being a writer in modern-day Barcelona. A poetic novel of love, power and lost illusions. |
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| Fuentes, C | Todas las familias felices | Short stories whose themes are family relationships and how they can damage and distort those involved, all against the backdrop of a fractured Mexican society. |
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| Fuentes, E. | Venas de nieve | When Andrea's son is diagnosed with leukaemia she faces a race against time to find his father, an ex-lover who may be the only possible compatible bone-marrow donor. |
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| Fuentes, Eugenio | Cuerpo a cuerpo | When Samuel sets up a secret camera to film the woman he is obsessed with, it unexpectedly captures images of her son being mauled to death. A fast-moving detective novel. |
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| Gala, Antonio | El pedestal de las estatuas | A gripping historical drama set during the reign of Philip II, with the monarchy, church and nobility being implicated in many crimes and murders. |
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| Gallarza, E. | Verdades como sueños | Daniel Vasseur seeks a new life in Latin America, only to find himself in an isolated hotel in the Andes, in a country on the verge of war. An intriguing novel, full of suspense. *Premio de Novela Mario Lacruz 2004* |
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| Gallego García, L | Memorias de Idhún III. Panteón | An epic Tolkien-like adventure exploring the fight between good and evil. |
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| Gallego García, L. | Memorias de Idhún, II. Tríada | The second volume in this epic saga involving a mythical journey through a land full of talking snakes and magic dragons. Tolkienesque in its breadth and scale. |
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| Gallego, G | El hachazo, la maraña y enhorabuena | Former political prisoner Gallego writes with humour and passion in this realist novel, whose witty dialogues reveal a fascination with the complexity of human nature. |
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| Galván, F. | De buitres y lobos | Set in 5th-century Visigothic Spain, this is the adventure of Wulfric, a warrio sent to Spain to investigate some mysterious happenings. |
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| Gálvez, P | El maestro del emperador | Historical novel based on the life of Seneca. |
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| Gamboa, S. | El síndrome de Ulises | An immigrant's tale set in Paris in the kitchens of a Chinese restaurant. A multi-layered story of isolation and shifting identities. |
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| Gamerro, C | La aventura de los bustos de Eva | A novel which examines how Argentine society has been corrupted by the legacy of Peronism. |
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| García Angel, A | Recursos humanos | Ricardo Osorio is a widely hated human resources manager, whose attempts to organise the annual company party coincide with his mistress deciding they should elope. A darkly amusing novel. |
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| García Calderón, F | La judía más hermosa | The story of Susana, a beautiful Jewish girl who is fated to travel from the Seville of the Spanish Inquisition to the Rome of the Borgias. |
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| García Calderón, F | La resonancia de un disparo | Subtle psychological novel about the hidden secrets of two married couples. |
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| García Ortega, A | Autómata | A maritime novel whose action takes place from the 16th century to the modern day. |
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| García Rubio, M. | Las fronteras invisibles | Two former friends, Enrique and Rocío, meet by chance after many years, leading to a re-evaluation of their past and present lives. |
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| García Sánchez, J. | Ella, Drácula | A historical novel about Erzsébet Báthory, the Bloody Countess of Hungary, who murdered over 600 women in the 17th century, in order to bathe in their virginal blood. |
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| García, T. | Las miserias del héroe | A political testimony of the post-war years in Franco's Spain. The angst and fear of life under a dictatorship are vividly depicted in this moving novel. |
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| Giménez Bartlett, A | Nido vacío | A detective is thrown into a panic when her gun is stolen by a 10-year old girl. The city of Barcelona is vividly depicted in this fast-paced thriller. |
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| Gimeno, B. | Su cuerpo era su gozo | A moving account of forbidden lesbian love during the Franco regime. |
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| Gómez, A | Urraca, señora de Zamora | During the conquest of Toledo, the passionate figure of Doña Urraca burned with her own bright light. Gómez's careful prose and historical accuracy create a vivid portrait of 11th-century Spain. |
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| Gómez, F. | El misterio de la calle Poniente | Murder in Barcelona. Prizewinning novella. |
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| Gómez, Fernando | El misteriode la calle Poniente | Crime novel set in early twentieth century Barcelona. |
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| Goñi, F. | El hombre de la Leica | Novel based on the events leading up to the military uprising of 1936, as seen through the eyes of General Mola. |
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| González Ledesma, F | Cinco mujeres y media | A young girl is found raped and murdered in a seedy district of Barcelona in this gripping and fast-paced thriller. |
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| González Ledesma, F | Una novela de barrio | A child is killed during a botched bank heist, an event which years later will lead to unforeseen repercussions for the robbers. *Premio Internacional de Novela Negra RBA* |
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| González Ledesma, F | Sombras viejas | A passionate love story set in 1930s Barcelona. Written in 1948, this prize-winning novel was banned by the Franco regime and is now published for the first time. |
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| González Moreno, P.A | Los puentes rotos | A rebellious teacher, a recently-separated office worker and an unsuccessful poet find their lives entwined in a series of events which will change their lives. *IX Premio Río Manzanares de Novela* |
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| González, J. M. | Fuego sobre las olas | A German warship makes its final journey through the China Sea at the beginning of the First World War. A moving story of how the crew deal with external hardship and internal trauma. |
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| González, L | El buscador de guacas | A young boy searches for buried treasure in a remote Spanish village. |
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| Gopegui, B. | El lado frío de la almohada | A novel about love, dreams and fantasy, set in the context of the Cuban revolution. |
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| Gopegui, B. | El padre de Blancanieves | Having waited for her shopping to be delivered, a college professor complains to the supermarket only to find the delivery driver on her doorstep blaming her for the loss of his job. |
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| Goytisolo, L. | Oído atento a los pájaros | Ramón Rada is a successful painter planning to write his memoirs. In so doing he reawakens memories of his childhood home and the tragic events of 45 years before. |
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| Grandes, A | El corazón helado | The death of a Francoist businessman leads to a series of mysterious events in this new novel by one of Spain's bestselling writers. |
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| Grandes, A. | Estaciones de paso | Five stories about the rite of passage of adolescence, and the need to make courageous decisions in order to attain adulthood. |
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| Guelbenzu, J.M | El cadáver arrepentido | The valiant Mariana de Marco faces the most unusual case of her career when Amelia, a college friend, finds her wedding jeopardised by the sudden death of her mother and the discovery of a dead body. |
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| Guelbenzu, J.M | Esta pared de hielo | Following the death of a seemingly unimportant man, the reader is taken on two journeys: one follows his soul and another his body. Meanwhile, the man’s widow is visited by the devil and the funeral procession ends with a humorous yet moving wake. |
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| Guerra, L.M | La peste negra | A brilliant account of the Black Death and how it came to influence modern European society. |
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| Guerra, W. | Todos se van | The experience of growing up in Cuba is portrayed through the diary of Nieve Guerra, which chronicles her life from the age of 8 to 20. *Premio de Novela Bruguera* |
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| Guillermo, O. | Sueños de perro | The death of an old friend leads Sebastián Mareco into an increasingly dangerous investigation in the backstreets of Buenos Aires. *Premio Umbriel Semana Negra 2004* |
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| Guirado, N | No siempre ganan los buenos | A high-powered businessman finds himself the prime suspect when his wife is brutally murdered. *Premio Provincia de Guadalajara de Narrativa* |
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| Gutiérrez, P. J. | El nido de la serpiente: memorias del hijo del heladero | Novel based on the author's turbulent adolescence in 1960s Cuba, providing a vivid depiction of a chaotic but exhilarating time. |
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| Hidalgo, M | Lo que el aire mueve | The moving story of Javi and Tere who, after leaving their native village, struggle to find a life for themselves in the city. *I Premio Logroño de Novela* |
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| Higueras, M. | El viejo río grande | The story of Elvira, only daughter of a wily Andalucian landowner. |
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| Hojman, E. (ed.) | Cuentos argentinos | An anthology of Argentinian short stories by writers of differing periods and genres |
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| Ibáñez Fanés, J | Una vida en la calle | Set in Barcelona, the story of an elderly man searching for a memory in the midst of an interior ocean that is as delirious as it is painfully lucid. |
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| Ibañez, A. | El parque prohibido | The Parque de las Lilas contains a terrible secret and not even the army's tanks dare to enter. Fridolin and his friends decide to find out the truth… |
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| Illanes, P. | Fragilidad | Montserrat, a young middle-class Chilean mother, appears to have the perfect life. This novel explores how she comes to be in a New York clinic and why there is no one to meet her on her return home. |
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| Iraola, J. | El Kali | A modern picaresque tale of redemption and introspection as Severiano looks back on his troubled youth from a prison cell. |
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| Irisarri, A. de | Romance de ciego | Set in the late 19th century, the influential Arriazu family live through momentous changes such as the invention of the telephone, the cinema and the motor car. A fascinating depiction of a society in flux. *PREMIO DE NOVELA HISTÓRICA ALFONSO X EL SABIO 2005* |
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| Iturbe, A. | Rectos torcidos | Ladislao hopes that his idea of marketing toilet paper decorated with the image of Don Quixote will transform his life of poverty and loneliness. A comic novel about the battle of hope against adversity. |
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| Iwasaki, F. | Neguijón | Set in the time of the Inquisition, this novel follows a dentist from Seville who becomes obsessed with a parasitic worm, the neguijón, and flees to Peru. A story of the discoveries, journeys, maladies and superstitions that abounded in Spain's Golden Age. |
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| Izaguirre, B | Villa Diamante | Runner up to the prestigious Premio Planeta, this is the story of Irene and Ana Elisa, two sisters parted by a cruel act of fate in 1940s Spain. |
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| Izaguirre, M. | El león dormido | A psychological and historical novel which intertwines the stories of Pablo, a failed journalist, and Lucía, an old lady hiding a secret that may change history. |
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| Izquierdo, P. | La falta | Psychological thriller about a renowned psychiatrist whose life is devastated after reading his sister's manuscript. |
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| Izquierdo, P. (ed.) | Cada vez lo imposible | Short stories linked by the theme of "enterprising spirit" by authos such as Soledad Puértolas and Juan Madrid. |
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| Jaramillo Agudelo, D | La voz interior | After the sudden death of Sebastián, the chance discovery of a huge quantity of his papers leads to a dramatic conclusion. |
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| Jiménez Lozano, J | Agua de noria | A seemingly straightforward murder investigation turns complicated in this compelling novel about the ethics of scientific advance. |
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| Jiménez Lozano, J | La piel de los tomates | Collection of short stories by the winner of the prestigious Premio Cervantes de Literatura. |
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| Jiménez, C | Madre mía, que estás en los infiernos | A novel which explores the themes of escape, exile and rebellion through the eyes of Adela, a middle-aged mother who flees from Central America to Spain in an attempt to escape a past which still persists in haunting her. *Premio de Novela Café Gijón 2007* |
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| Jiménez, G | Habana negra | A novel which recaptures the Cuba of the early 20th-century - outwardly sensual, yet with undercurrents of murder, black magic and the oppression of women. |
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| Juan, J.L. de | Sobre ascuas | The intriguing and moving story of the "Isla de Sucre", a refuge for Civil War orphans isolated from normal society, and the experiences of a lawyer sent to work there. |
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| Juaristi, J | La caza salvaje | Martín Abadía, a nationalist priest from the Basque country, spends the 20th century in pursuit of a totalitarian dream. The political violence of that time is vividly portrayed in this ambitious, fast-paced novel. *Premio Azorín 2007* |
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| Kresdez, J | La conjura de Córdoba | A tale of power and corruption set in 10th century Al-Andalus. |
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| Labordeta, J.A | En el remolino | A chorus of voices set in a rural village during the Civil War explores the human condition whereby good people t |