New Spanish Titles - E

  • EL AÑO DE LOS SAICOS
    The Year of Los Saicos
    BURGUESÍA PERÚ
    Author:
    PATRICK ROSAS
    Publisher: EDITORIAL LA HUERTA GRANDE
    'The Year of Los Saicos' uses sharp humour to paint a portrait of the internal workings of Liman society in 1964 (the year the eponymous rock group first came to prominence), trapped between respect for hypocritical rules and the degradation of its members. A society in which, as one of the characters observes, 'everybody lies', and the act of lying has become a questionable survival tactic.
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  • El apicultor de Bonaparte
    Bonaparte's Beekeeper
    Author:
    José Luis de Juan
    Publisher: Editorial Minúscula
    Read report: El apicultor de Bonaparte (Bonaparte’s Beekeeper)
    On Elba a beekeeper awaits the arrival of Napoleon, who was exiled to the island in May 1814. A surprising and obsessive relationship will develop between them. This is a connection with profound repercussions in a book whose atmosphere is unique and which won the fourth Premio Novela Breve Juan March Cencillo in 1996.
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  • El árbol de la escuela
    The School Tree
    El árbol de la escuela
    Author:
    Antonio Sandoval; Emilio Urberuaga
    Publisher: Kalandraka Editora
    This circular story uses simple language to tell the story of the relationship between a boy and the small tree he loves and cares for with the school friends who follow his example. Although the schoolchildren are initially reticent, their teacher herself finally joins forces with them, and they manage to catch the attention of botanists.
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  • El chico del Maravillas
    The Maravillas Boy
    Author:
    Lluís Llach
    Publisher: Grup 62
    Roger Ventós, an internationally famous operatic baritone, had somewhat strange origins. He was born in 1939 in the French city of Sète, but at the age of 15 his mother sent him to Barcelona to live with his uncle Lluís Ventós, a stagehand in a music hall in El Paralelo.
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  • EL CLUB DE LAS AMANTES IMPACIENTES
    The Club for Impatient Lovers
    EL CLUB DE LAS AMANTES IMPACIENTES
    Author:
    Diego Armario López
    Agent: MDM Agencia Literaria
    Adolfo is a writer who has taken many lovers into his bed and a lot of whisky into his body, and these excesses have brought him to a crisis point. Emma, his editor, an uninhibited and unscrupulous woman, offers him a weighty contract to write a novel imagining a reencounter with his ex-lovers.
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  • El corazón de la banshee ( The Banshee’s Heart)
    The Heart of the Banshee
    Author:
    Raquel de la Morena
    Publisher: Libros de Seda S.L.
    Dublin 1817. Erin Galbraith, a girl who dreams of independence, lives in a world of men. She is unexpectedly forced to make a pact with a banshee, a supernatural creature who appears in houses, crying and keening, to announce the imminent death of one of those living there. The fact is that if Erin wants to save the life of her little brother, she must become the banshee's apprentice.
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  • El cuadro
    The Picture
    El cuadro
    Author:
    Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara y Albert Arrayás
    Agent: Building Books S.L (IMC Agencia Literaria)
    Read report: El cuadro (The Painting)
    But, what's so special about that painting that everyone should talk about it? Who painted it? What was the artist thinking when he or she made it? To whom is it dedicated?The Picture is a surprising story that encourages children to reflect on the significance, value and meaning of their drawings, while learning about daily life in a big museum of contemporary art.
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  • EL DUENDE NO
    The No Fairy
    EL DUENDE NO
    Author:
    MARÍA GARCÍA ESPERÓN
    Publisher: AMIGOS DE PAPEL
    Sol and Alexia are friends, although Alexia is slightly older than Sol. One day she asks Sol to invite her over to play at her house. Sol is hesitant as she feels she ought to be the one issuing the invitation, but she eventually decides to mention it to her mother, who also feels in a difficult position. So Alexia comes over to Sol's house and they begin to play.
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  • El Editor Indiscreto
    The Indiscreet Editor
    Portada El Editor Indiscreto
    Author:
    Francesc Bellart
    Agent: Agencia Literaria Albardonedo
    Míriam is expecting her second child. Her marriage isn't all that great and, because she is at risk of giving birth prematurely, doctors have prescribed complete bed rest. Her husband is caught up in his work at the publishing house and has no time to spend with her.
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  • EL ESCLAVO BLANCO. PEDRO CLAVER
    Pedro Claver: The White Slave
    Author:
    Pedro Miguel LAMET
    Publisher: GRUPO DE COMUNICACIÓN LOYOLA
    Cartagena de las Indias, the early years of the 17th century. Black slavery, piracy, witchcraft, inquisitions, press gangs.
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