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La conjura contra Porky

Fernando Vallejo

Among ironies, mockery, insults, curses, profanities, this unpretentious little book will make many people laugh and will enlighten a ton more. It modestly attempts to grasp the frantic change that has taken over the world. The author lives in the Moon and shoots from there.

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Soy como como  

Nuria Coll

"One of the most personal, controversial, and exuberant voices in literature in the Spanish language today." Eating healthy is not hard, but often we get confused by too much information and trending diets. You don’t have to learn every new nutritional study;

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Las cartas del Boom

Julio Cortázar, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa

“Boom Letters chronicles this quartet’s highest peak, when the artists seemed to start writing less on their own and play together as part of the same literature, exploring this appreciation and the regeneration of a common past.

 

El jardín de Olavide

Nuria Quintana

1895.Everything is set for the great ball that is going to be held in the most enigmatic garden in Madrid. Ana receives her invitation without any expectations: her rebellious soul rejects this type of ostentation. To her, this will be just another dance. But she is about to meet someone who will open the doors to an unknown and fascinating world.

 

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AMIGOS DE ESPAÑOL

Cillian Murphy

Irish actor and filmmaker

The actor Cillian Murphy has already worked with the British filmmaker Christopher Nolan on two previous occasions, before embarking on the  ambitious project ‘Openheimer’.  “There was no other actor to play this character, he is the best performer to guide us through three hours from Oppenheimer's point of view. I have demanded so much of him as an actor and he demands so much of himself that it seems impossible to find someone like him. His ability to represent the character surprised me every day on set, but later also in the editing room.

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NEWS

LIBER 2023 (October 4-6) invites 624 Buyers and Journalists from 63 countries to promote publishing business meetings.

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EBSCO Helps Librarians Build Spanish Collections

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From 'War and Peace' to 'The Ambassadors': ten titles to celebrate 30 years of the Alba publishing house.

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The Valencian writer who is sweeping sales returns this November

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Argentine Alicia María Zorrilla enters the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.

 

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Silvia Hidalgo, winner of the Tusquets Prize for her novel about a woman against "the mirages of false happiness."

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Download the Essential Guide to Spanish Reading

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ARS MULTIMEDIA

Presentación de «El español en el mundo 2022. Anuario del Instituto Cervantes»

ARS Video: Instituto Cervantes: Legacy «in memoriam» of Luis Cernuda a la Caja de las Letras

ARS RADIO: La Milana Bonita  interwiew with Elena Medel, poet, publisher and author of "Las maravillas". 

INTERVIEW

Annabel Chaussat, general director of the FNAC book and music store chain is in love with Madrid 

The general director of FNAC in Spain has just turned 49 years old. Although she was born in London, her family is French and until two and a half years ago she lived in Paris, Annabel Chaussat has fallen in love with Spain, Madrid specifically, for the energy felt in the city and all the social life that can be had. (Carmen Sánchez Silva from El País).

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CHILDREN'S BOOK

Cuentos para leer con lupa  

Pedro Mañas 

Everyone thinks that Mr. Picard is the best detective in town, but they are wrong. The best detective is almost seven years old, has two red-haired braids, and wears unicorn pajamas. Her name is Ágata, and she is Mr. Picard’s daughter. Every night, Picard comes home to tuck her in and read her a bedtime story.

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