New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2011 - U

  • Un hombre llamado Lobo
    Un hombre llamado Lobo
    Author:
    Oliverio Coelho
    Publisher: Duomo
    Agent: Guillermo Schavelzon & Asoc. Agencia Literaria
    Read report: Un Hombre Llamado Lobo (A Man Called Lobo)
    “Filled with original touches and surprising twists and turns, the book is a both a gloomy but playful metaphor for Argentina’s recent history, delving into themes such as the continually thwarted aspirations of the middle classes, corruption and patriarchal ideals, and also an exhilarating but weird existential road trip.” (Kit Maude)
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  • Un million de piedras
    A Million Pebbles
    Author:
    Miquel Silvestre
    Publisher: Barataria
    A man weary of everything, a motorbike, a landscape of breathtaking beauty. With these ingredients Miquel Silvestre set out on a journey through Africa. From Nairobi to Capetown, from Maseru to Maputo, he travelled 15 000 kilometres of jungle, savannah and desert: ten countries, bribes at frontiers, rivers, mountains, antelopes, 3000 stars and the Skeleton Coast.
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  • Una historia inmoral
    An Inmoral Story
    Una historia inmoral
    Author:
    Victor Alexandre
    Publisher: Edicions Proa
    Is it possible for a man secretly to hire sex professionals so as to revive his desire for his wife? Is it not paradoxical for a husband to go to a third party to reestablish his sexual life with his partner? Is jealousy love or wounded vanity? What boundaries are we prepared to cross for the sake of love? What revelations are we prepared to hear about the person we love?
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  • Unhappy State
    Author:
    Raúl Eguizábal
    Publisher: Península
    Do politicians not do charisma any more? What are the ornamental qualities of a politician in the technological age? Do our politicians now sport a technological look? Since when has the voter turned into a mere spectator and consumer?
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