New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2011

Rocca's memoir is an autobiographical text, a travel book, a war chronicle and a summary of customs. This work, written in 1814, is characterised by its incisive tone, it's sense of curiosity and its respect for the Spanish.

Ricard Rosenthal is a young university lecturer scarred by personal tragedy. Fleeing the pain, he sets out for a small town in Mallorca to investigate the recent disappearance of a young woman, his pupil. In the company of  a local historian who is full of surprises, Ricard is drawn into a whirlpool of secrets and misunderstandings, ancient legends and current, disturbing truths.

A book to fall in love with on a small scale and be enjoyed on a large scale. Samuel lives enclosed in a bubble of loneliness, from which he only emerges to teach at the university. But his hermetic world starts to crack on the day a stray cat comes into his house.

The year is 1997. During a Mediterranean cruise, four top businessmen set themselves the challenge of creating a marvellous, unique and inimitable object, out of the reach of even the richest person.