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Marta Ferrer, a middle-aged married women with two children who works in Barcelona’s treasury department, and whose life has been changed in the last few months by her fight against breast cancer. But something seems to be different since her last radiotherapy session.
The brutality and vitality of a world which we know nothing about is presented, in its rawest form, in four stories set in four African countries: Namibia, Congo, Senegal and Rwanda. It is a book about invisible Africa, with one common thread: Motorsoul.
Andrés lives in City, an unnamed metropolis where every day a never-ending flow of suicidal people choose to put an end to their lives. Andrés is the editor of the newspaper’s Sunday supplement; in other words, he specialises in triviality and low culture. Andrés is a bachelor who has no desire to swap his own routines for life as part of a couple. Andrés doesn’t write about the suicides.
Since births have moved into hospitals, children no longer see babies being delivered. Artificial milk has banished the culture of the breast from homes. The information currently given out on these issues in schools is rare or nonexistent, and that which children receive from their families is often influenced by modern-day society’s negative and denaturalized view of these processes.
Cirlot wrote 'Nebiros', his only novel, in 1950. It was not authorised for publication under Spanish censorship law as it was considered to be 'repugnant' and of 'disgusting morality'. In the epilogue, Victoria Cirlot explains the challenges faced by this manuscript, which remained lost and hidden for more than half a century, reappearing just in time for the centenary of the poet's birth.
The protagonist is a literature teacher and admirer of Hanif Kureishi and Philip Roth who describes his daily life to a friend who has decided to return to Morocco, their homeland, to bring up his children there.
Night, a sleepless man, a sleeping woman. He abandons himself to images that only blossom between waking and sleeping and feels that "insomnia is a dark animal with eyes as red as embers".
“Hotel Ellesmere is on the south side of Hyde Park, in East Kensington, one of London’s poshest districts and home to the creator of Peter Pan”. Lily, about to start at university on a grant, is amazed at the luxury of where she’ll be living.
Throughout history, many athletes have been shining examples of tolerance, persistence, teamwork and respect for others. Some of them were world famous, but others remained anonymous. Little Big Acts in Sport collects some of their stories with the aim of showing how sport can be an important means to social transformation.
Angela’s life is overturned with the arrival of a mysterious blond boy to her town. Intrigued by his sad eyes and his city ways, Angela can show him how to enjoy her own small world, shaped by her relationship with animals, the green fields, and the never-ending blue skies. The weeks they spend together are full of discoveries and emotions, and will change Angela’s life forever.