Emerson's orchard, by Luis Landero

Emerson's orchard

Once the sky of the writer's profession has been touched (perhaps in the most unexpected and therefore authentic way), each new Landero novel is a prayer for his legion of faithful readers. Basically (although it is already saying a lot), because it connects with that pending life, that story never lived and that ...

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Quirke in San Sebastián, by Benjamin Black

Quirke in San Sebastián

When Benjamin Black let John Banville know that the next installment of Quirke would take place in the already illustrious film Donosti, he could not imagine how successful the matter would be. Because nothing better than the tune of the development of a plot full of contrasts like San Sebastián itself, so ...

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Our Unexpected Brothers, by Amin Maalouf

Our unexpected brothers

For some time now, Maalouf has dazzled with his novels, on the one hand, brimming with erudition between the Christian and Muslim legacies when he approaches historical fiction, and on the other, with a kind of synthesis loaded with reflection and action when he launches himself into the novel. current, …

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A guy with a bag on his head, by Alexis Ravelo

A guy with a bag over his head

In every genre there are firms with that band of being different, of escaping from pigeonholes for better or for worse. In the case of Alexis Ravelo, the matter is completely malicious and undoubtedly always works for the better. Black and criminal literature always needs committed guys like Ravelo ...

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The 3 best books by the wonderful Jeffrey Eugenides

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When the biography accompanies the author with that halo of mystery or eccentricity, a more sophisticated imaginary ends up being composed around the creative process of the current writer. If there is also the case of a Jeffrey Eugenides who only seems subject to his creative imprint without...

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The hour of the seagulls, by Ibón Martín

The hour of the seagulls

We are fortunate to enjoy a great host of suspense writers who alternate their stories to fill our nightstands with new and great novels. Could be from Dolores Redondo even Victor del Arbol and of course an Ibón Martín already settled in that narrative maturity that ...

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The 3 best books by the suggestive Laura Esquivel

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Originality is a trigger for success. Then you have to consider the opportunity and the ubiquity. I say this because Laura Esquivel reached the literary firmament with an original novel that ended up being timely, in this case she did not need ubiquity (euphemism to talk about contacts ...

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The 3 best books by the brilliant Ramón J. Sender

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My first contact with Ramón J. Sender was, as in so many other cases for countless authors, through that magical library at my parents' house. One of those days in which I stopped in front of her and was watching titles, I noticed The Adolescent Bandit, ...

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One Hundred Nights, by Luisgé Martín

Novel One Hundred Nights

After Mariana Enríquez, the next to win the 2020 Herralde Novel Prize is Luisgé Martín. And so this award is confirmed as one of the most highly regarded with great literature. Because each new award-winning work always leads us to that terribly serene shore, where they break ...

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