March begins and it is felt, it is noticeable in the environment that Book Day is getting closer and closer. And it is that the third month of the year appears load of editorial news very, very interesting. Beginning with the return to fiction and the childhood of Elvira Lindo and going through one of those perfect novels to put in the suitcase for the Easter holidays as it is Portofino. We tell you everything below.
men who hate womenLaura Bates
When? 03/06/2023
Imagine a world where a vast network of incels and other misogynists are able to operate virtually undetected. These extremists commit deliberate terrorist acts against women. Vulnerable adolescents are trained and radicalized. You don’t have to imagine that world, you already live in it. In this book, Laura Bates goes underground to expose these misogynistic networks and communities.
A deep dive into extremism. His interviews with members of these groups and with the people who fight against them offer a unique insight into the workings of this movement. Ideas spread from the darkest corners of the internet to schools, workplaces and corridors of power, becoming part of our collective consciousness.
men who hate women
in the lion’s denElvira Lindo
When? 03/29/2023
Julieta and her mother arrive at La Sabina to spend the holidays. At eleven years old, that lost village seems to Julieta the best place to leave behind problems that she doesn’t even know how to put a name to. That eternal summer full of first times, you will discover that the foundations of the town are made of secrets and memories; the edges of the forest, of tales and legends; and the hearts of people of fear, hate, love and hope.
The novel arises from the look of an author who has dedicated a large part of his work to observing childhood in all its richnessuniqueness and vulnerability, and shows that the stories we share, and the ones we tell each other, can break the curse of a poisoned heritage.
In the lion’s den (Brief Library)
punkJuarna
When? 03/01/2023
Álex and Paula have known each other since they were children. They have shared games, punishments, chairs and the dream of grow up and get out of Villa de la Fuente. They are a refuge for each other, which manages to flourish in a town invaded by the ugly, the misfortune and the painful. They want to say a lot of things to each other, but the words are too big for them, so they record cassettes. They make plans while everyone sleeps. Someday, they promise themselves, they will start from scratch somewhere else.
They don’t know that Villa de la Fuente, with all his fears, his misery and his hatred hidden behind every window, is ready to pursue them wherever they go. A story from the author of In the end, the monsters always win.the novel that introduced Juarma as a virtuous narrator and a reference in the literature of the periphery.
Punki: A Love Story
portofino 1926J.P. O’Connell
When? 03/01/2023
The novel on which the British series is based Hotel Portofino is a exciting novel about family secrets, love and mystery in the most idyllic place in the world. Follow in the footsteps of Bella Ainsworth, which she opens uA small and exclusive hotel on the beautiful Italian Riviera in search of a new beginning for his family, far from his native London, But this much-desired change does not go as expected: the guests are demanding and difficult to please, his marriage is in danger, his children cannot leave behind the ghosts of war and, without knowing how, his hotel finds itself in the crosshairs of a corrupt local politician at the service of Mussolini.
Portofino 1926 (International Planet)
Best Supporting ActressValeria Vegas
When? 03/22/2023
This is the first novel by Valeria Vegas, author (among other essays) of the biography of La Veneno that served as the basis for the Javis series. Is starring an actress in low hours and an assistant trapped by routine. A crime will give them a chance to redeem themselves. Esther had been working as a cleaning lady for a long time until that year in the late nineties when she met Catalina Muñoz.
Cleaning the house of that almost retired actress seemed like torture. Tense, grumpy and somewhat conceited… But the days go by and Esther discovers that not everything in your home is dark. The stories about filming and glamor will be the beginning of a bond that will lead them to prepare together for the most important role of their lives.
Best Supporting Actress (Today’s Topics)
Paris was usAndreu Claret
When? 03/08/2023
Paris was us narrates the extraordinary life of a son of farmers, exiled in France, who falls in love with a very young Catalan who also took refuge in that country during World War II. Committed to the Republic and close to Lluís Companys during the civil war, the protagonist fights adversity and overcomes the difficult situation of exile.
He manages to manage the largest circus in France, exploit forests in Occitania under German occupation, organize the first solidarity concerts for Pau Casals, collaborate with the Cerdanya maquis, escape from the clutches of the Gestapo and direct a Catalan publication that advocates the unit of the anti-Franco front.
Paris was us (Spanish and Ibero-American Authors)
glamouramaBret Easton Ellis
When? 03/02/2023
In 1990s Manhattan, Victor Ward, a model with sculpted abs and influential friends, is seen and photographed everywhere, even in places he’s never been and with people he doesn’t even know. On the eve of the opening of the coolest new nightclub in New York, he is drawn into a bleak mirror of high society in which he ends up feeling trapped.
However, upon returning to the known side, he discovers that there was no mirror, no escape route, no other world except this one in which hotels implode and planes plummet from the sky. A dark reality where fame, terror and chaos meet and begin to look too much like the appearance of our lives.
Glamorama (Random House)
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