New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011 - U

  • Umbria
    Umbria
    Author:
    Antonio Calzado
    Publisher: Editorial Almuzara
    An old Dutch painting disappears from the abbey of Umbria. Four centuries ago, the painter Dirk van Nister received a substantial inheritance that allowed him to travel across the globe, until he met a mysterious character who commissioned a portrait from him.
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  • Un error de cálculo
    Miscalculation
    Author:
    Luis Béjar
    Publisher: El Aleph Editores
    At almost fifty years of age, Teodoro Sagredo, a secondary school teacher, shaves off his beard. However, this ordinary action changes his life drastically since neither his family nor closest friends recognise him and, despite insisting on his true identity, he is put in a mental hospital.
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  • Un jardín de poesía
    A Garden of Poetry
    A Garden of Poetry
    Author:
    Irene Verdú
    Noèlia Conca
    Publisher: Edicions del Bullent
    What better place to discover poetry than the garden? A place where time stands still, like a satisfied lizard, only to fly off as flighty as a ladybird. The bees, the frogs, the sparrows and the snails: all have their corners and their games, their poetry.
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  • UN REGALO MUY ESPECIAL (Cuento sobre los derechos del niño)
    A very special gift. A story about the rights of the child]
    Author:
    Sensi Romero
    Publisher: S.R. SERVICIOS Y PRODUCCIONES S.L.
    This is the story of a little girl who lives far away from the world we know and who, because of her condition, has a life full of obligations. One day someone teaches her that there is another world, and she meets other children who can even dream. But just as she is about to abandon her dream, someone gives her A VERY SPECIAL GIFT.
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  • Un tipo listo
    A Smart Guy
    Author:
    Xosé Monteagudo
    Publisher: Editorial Galaxia
    An absorbing thriller; the portrait of a society in which the road to success is often the result of dubious intrigues. The death of a branch bank manager leads to the discovery of enormous embezzlement; the sons of the suppposed criminal become the main suspects themselves.
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  • UNA HABITACIÓN EN BABEL
    A room in Babel
    Author:
    ELIACER CANSINO
    Publisher: Grupo Anaya
    The Tower is the largest building in the village, an inhuman block inhabited by as many people as live in the rows of houses that have just been built on the outskirts. People are installed in shelves in the air, like books, each one with their own story, some good and others bad, some about to open up and others to be closed.
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