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Beletrina Academic Press
Beletrina Academic Press, established 1996, is a leading Slovenian literary publisher that has gained its reputation by introducing prominent works of classic and contemporary world and national fiction and non-fiction to Slovenian readers. Beletrina currently represents over 20 of the best Slovenian authors, from the great classics to the biggest contemporary names and the most promising up and coming authors.
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)2019El lugar de la espera
by Sònia Hernández
«Born around the same time as we were, democracy and the Constitution told us that we all had the right to do whatever we liked. The whole society, conniving to protect our wishes and desires, was in agreement. We were going to be what we wanted to be, and they were constantly asking us what we wanted to be when we were grownup». In this choral novel, narrated in first-person plural, the characters share something more than the voice that speaks in all their names: they live in a single symbolic space, that of a generation not yet lost but gone astray because of waiting for a sign that would indicate the decisive moment to do the job or make the decision that would give sense to their lives. Maturity has brought to these accidental emulators of Beckett’s burlesque characters an awareness that nobody is going to give them this sign, that nobody expects anything of them. If they have some opportunity to give purpose to their lives, perhaps it is to live them for themselves alone, in other words, simply act without an audience.
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)2015La resistencia íntima
by Josep Maria Esquirol
La resistencia íntima is a percipient, profound essay on the human condition. Esquirol reveals how proper care of oneself gives light and warmth to those around us, protecting them and showing the way ahead. «We recognise that intimate resistance is what we call an experience belonging to the region of proximity; a region that is not visited in a day, but where one tends to stay. Yet today it is hard to remain there. Proximity is not measured in metres or centimetres. Its opposite is not distance but, rather, the ubiquitous monochrome of a world in thrall to technology. We have seen how everyday matters, and what is communicated by a home are extremely important modes of the experience of proximity».
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)2015La razón del mal
by Rafael Argullol
A strange phenomenon occurs in a prosperous cosmopolitan western city. Apparently just an annoying setback at first, it very quickly turns into a much more insidious threat, capable of overturning the citizens’ most intimate convictions. With this chronicle of a phenomenon which affects every strata of society, Argullol re-creates the process of its disintegration, from denunciation, fear and suspicion through to pillage, magic and superstition. In the midst of chaos, an amorous relationship is serenely constructed, immersed in the time required to restore a mythological painting in which the artist dares to invite the viewer to dream of another destiny for Orpheus and Eurydice. Argullol reminds the reader of the all-important value of lucidity and memory. Looking back, as Orpheus did, after he had rescued his beloved from Hades, does not necessarily lead to condemnation.
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FictionSan, the Book of Miracles
by Manuel Astur
“There is a moment during those tranquil summer sunsets when a person would see things shimmer, as if they were giving back something of that generous light they received throughout the day. That was when Marcelino stopped whatever he was doing, got up, wiped the back of his hand across his forehead, and looked down into the valley at his feet. Everything shone and echoed like a bell of golden light. On that July sunset, too, Marcelino stopped and looked. The house, the granary, the carriage… everything glowed, profiled against the deep blue sky where the first bright star announced the coming of a new era. Everything but the big spot of blood in the sawdust and his brother’s body… He hadn’t meant to do him harm.” This beautiful and surprising novel is like a mirror that reflects us all. Whether readers are from the country or the city, they will be able to glimpse a mythic world in which history is just another story told by the campfire, and in it, they will file their gaze until it is as sharp as that of the protagonist.
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Children's & YALights in the Sky
by Silvia Aliaga, Tatiana Marco, Inma Moya
Jaehwa and Hyunsoo are enjoying their last summer as annonymous people in the island of Jeju before the debut of their K-pop band, R*E*X. Soon, the mystery of the lighthouse will draw them in. Far away from that place, all Alex wants is to travel around Europe, leaving both the city of Seoul and his friend Minwoo behind. During his trip he will cross paths with Andrew, a magnetic young man with plenty of secrets and little in the way of answers... At least, at first glance. Beneath a starry sky, in this last summer of freedom, they will be finding plenty of things about themselves and about Korea, fully unaware of how some of them are about to become the most important K-pop stars in the country.
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Children's & YAThe Voice of Amunet
by Victoria Álvarez
Egypt, 1346 B.C.: Ever since he can recall, Amunet hasbeen able to communicate with animals, but his lifeis turned upside down when the priests of Amun, themost powerful clergy in Ancient Egypt, discover hisprodigious gift. Convinced that he is the piece they needin their political puzzle, they bring him to the templeof Ipet Sut, where he will begin his training as a heka orsorceror in the service of the royal family.Egypt, 1799: When Napoléon Bonaparte’s army takescontrol of Cairo, the gang of thieves Shaheen belongsrecieves a comission to raid an ancient tomb in theValley of the Nobles. What Shaheen doesn’t know is thatinside that tomb they’ll encounter something even moreunsettling: the spirit of Amunet himself, trapped forover three thousand years... and thirsting for vengeance.
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Children's & YAThe Voices from the Lake
by Beatriz Esteban
Ireland, 1997. Bree returns with her mother to the villageof her childhood to escape the pain of her father’s death.But the home they remember isn’t the refuge they hadlonged for: lightbulbs blow for no reason, plunging theminto darkness. Words appear in the mirrors and there’sa supernatural chill in the rooms. Her friend Adamsuggests she has a gift, an ability to detect paranormalpresences. But to Bree, it feels more like a curse. Afterall, we’re all haunted by the invisible ghosts of our ownpasts... it’s just that Bree’s are starting to become visible.“I no longer knew which ghost scared me more: the oneliving under our roof or the one living under our skin. Ihad no idea which one would kill us first.”
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Literary FictionApril 2019This Earth Is Forever
by Javier Vela
With a historical landscape close to the present one and in a not-so-different Europe, the damages caused by climate changed have devastated the weakest populations in the old continent. In the South, the temperature raise contributed to a diaspora of thousands of people that now try to find refuge in the Nordic regions. At the same time, Emma and Argus, a couple suffering the fatigue of their daily coexistence in the Swedish island of Frösön, become aware of the decline, previously unnoticed, that has started to take over the Scandinavian map. The arrival of Hugo, a boy from a country devastated by fires and floods, will be decisive in their lives, although he will still need to overcome the sequels of the exile that marks his character. This Earth Is Forever, with climate change and the far-right rise as a background, is mainly a psychological and introspective novel that we could classify as climate fiction.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2019El pensamiento del poema
Variaciones sobre un tema de Badiou
by Mario Montalbetti
El pensamiento del poema es el ensayo más reciente del poeta peruano Mario Montalbetti. Publicado en Chile durante 2019, el libro gira alrededor, va y viene, de las propuestas de Alain Badiou respecto del poema como una forma de pensamiento. Examinando su obra, Montalbetti pone a prueba sus aserciones y temas con herramientas de la filosofía, la lingüística y la literatura.
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)2022Damaged Deer. Anthology
by Rafael Rubio
This poetic anthology by Rafael Rubio, without a doubt one of the most relevant poetic voices nowadays in Chile, is of greatest relevance to invite teenagers to approach to poetry and helping them to face directly their pains and joys, with that which tears the apart and also with that which enlightens their path. This anthology includes a selection of poems made by the author himself. It includes poems published in Arbolando (1998), Luz rabiosa (2007), Mala siembra (2013) and Viernes santo (2019), as well as 17 unpublished poems.
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FictionOctober 2020El ojo de la luna
by Ivan Obolensky, translated by Germán González Correa
Una fascinante historia de suspenso y misterio que atrapa al lector desde el comienzo, hasta llegar a su sorprendente final. El ojo de la luna es la traducción al español latinoamericano de la premiada novela Eye of the Moon de Ivan Obolensky. A Johnny y Percy, amigos de infancia, se les ocultan los hechos que rodearon la muerte de la tía Alice, sosteniendo en sus manos el “Libro egipcio de los muertos”. Veinte años más tarde los amigos vuelven a encontrase para una celebración en Rhinebeck, la mansión familiar. Durante los cortos días de su estadía, descubrirán el mundo secreto que la rodeaba. Su vida, e incluso su muerte, están sorprendentemente atadas a ellos, envolviéndolos en una inesperada maraña de misterio, ocultismo, intrigas familiares y magia, elementos que harán que nada parezca lo que es, y que al dejar la propiedad, ninguno de los dos vuelva a ser igual.
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Gender studies: womenNovember 2015TIEMPO DE MUJERES. LITERATURA, EDAD Y ESCRITURA FEMENINA.
by ALMELA BOIX, Margarita; GUZMÁN GARCÍA, Helena; SANFILIPPO, Marina; ZAMORANO RUEDA, Ana Isabel
Dado el momento demográfico que vivimos, la colección de volúmenes sobre literatura y mujer, de la UNED, no podía dejar pasar la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre ese gran componente identitario que es la edad. Ésta, aunque fenómeno biológico, se interpreta socialmente y se articula en las estructuras de poder que gobiernan y definen las vidas tanto de hombres como de mujeres (y no solo en ese último tramo de la vida que tanto interés despierta últimamente). Como locus político donde se asienta lo que una mujer "debe" ser, es decir su "valor" social y cultural asociado a sus papeles de género, la edad presenta un fructífero campo de investigación para los estudios de la mujer.Los distintos capítulos del presente volumen constituyen un novedoso y original estudio y una reflexión sobre la representación literaria de las mujeres y sus edades.
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THE WITHERED BRANCH ON THE CHERRY TREE
by Rafaél Salmerón
Hiroshima, 1945: Ichiro and Masuji play in the streets just minutes before the atomic bomb is dropped on the city. Present-day Hiroshima: Sakura, a teenager who was born with a malformed hand, struggles to cope with the cruel taunts of her classmates and the lack of affection and communication within her family. She believes that her mother doesn’t love her, and barely sees her workaholic father. Aiku, her virtual friend, lives in a different city and it’s not easy for them to meet in person. Her dream is to become a Manga artist, but she knows that this will never be. However, Sakura’s life takes a turn when she crosses paths with little Tetsuo and an elderly survivor of the bombing who hides an important secret.
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FictionNunca serás un verdadero Gondra (You’ll never be a true Gondra)
by Borja Ortiz de Gondra
Borja works as a translator for an international organization in New York, where he lives with his partner, John. One night, he receives a phone call from his cousin, who informs him that his brother has just died and that the cousin has something to give him. Many years earlier, in the 1990s, Borja left the Basque Country and cut his ties with a family and a land that were poisoned by hatred and incomprehension. In the United States he became a different person, someone who had torn up his roots and buried his past in order to embrace a present in which he could live, freely, in another language. But one phone call can be enough to demolish the highest wall. Now, this ill-fated son of a family that has fallen on hard times finds he is the sole heir of the dilapidated mansion that looks out over the sea from its vantage point at the top of the town of Algorta. Only he can open the door and decide what to do with so many years of pain and silence. But healing the wounds is not easy and writing a book about the past may only serve to make them deeper. Ortiz de Gondra has written a perceptive exploration of identity, memory and the possibility of shaping one’s own destiny beyond any boundaries that our family and our homeland may impose on us.
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FictionApril 2018Valkirias
Las hijas del Norte
by I. Biggi
THE CERROS DE ÚBEDA AWARD 2019 FOR BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL. VIKINGS AT IBERIAN PENINSULA 859 A. C. Viking drakars are moving to Seville, one of the richest cities all around the world. Their objective: raze and loot it. However, expedition will be an outright failure - warriors of the north will be captured and the governor of the city will demand a large rescue for the. But, when that news reaches their village, women decide not to give up and, together with some children and slaves, they hire a small group of mercenaries to teach them how to fight. A year later, the rescue expedition will be ready. It seems an impossible mission, and, from the beginning, it will be fraught with setbacks. I. Biggi make us to fly back to past, to Vikings world, in a so fast narrative as well as his exhaustive knowledge of the period. In that way, Valkirias is an adventure novel that shows us the most human side of a civilization as dazzling as terrifying. NEXT AUTHOR’S PUBLICATION: OCTOBER 2020: MOISE’S PROJECT: In 1945 allied troops are about to invade European continente. In London, Military High Command receives the strange visit of an exiled Spanish professor, a man who has been fighting for the Republica during Spanish Civil War.
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FictionRewind
by Juan Tallón
SHORTLISTED FOR IV PREMIO BIENAL DE NOVELA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA 2021 - One Friday in May, on what is shaping up to be a perfect day, there is a strange explosion in a building in Lyon. One of the flats in the now ruined building was occupied by a group of students from various countries who were having a party. Paul, student of Fine Art; Emma, tormented by the tortuous history of her Spanish family; Luca, fascinated both with mathematics and with the cyclist, Marco Pantani; and Ilka, a student who left Berlin with nothing more than a guitar on her back: these are the tenants of a house that was a popular meeting place for the city’s students. In the neighbouring flat, also hit by the explosion, lives a quiet Moroccan family, whose members are apparently well-integrated into French life. The novel explores events from various points of view. Through five narrators – victims and witnesses – we discover what happened that Friday night and the consequences that unfolded over the next three years, until their accounts have covered every hidden aspect of the explosion. Rewind explores whether it is possible to rewind events. And examines our personal ghosts, the role of chance, the people who in the end we do not become, the secrets that must or must not be told, and our capacity to remake ourselves when we are broken. This novel is an espionage operation that investigates the mechanisms of life. How it changes without warning, turns, throws you into the air and destroys you when you are least prepared for it. And, just as mysteriously, how – if you survive everything life has to throw at you – it then allows you to remake yourself and keep moving forward.
