April is one of the most important and exciting months for book lovers. With International Book Day being celebrated, we are about to receive a deluge of new titles of all genres. From suspenseful novels to compelling biographies, fresh-flavored cookbooks and poetry collections… this month will have something for everyone. However, below we present a selection with which they are our favorite news of the month.
the last dreamPedro Almodovar
When? 04/13/2023
“This book is the closest thing to a fragmented autobiography. […] The reader will end up obtaining the maximum information from me as a filmmaker, as a storyteller and the way in which my life makes one thing and the others mix”. This is how the author defines this volume that brings together twelve stories that span several eras and reflect some of his most intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist. The dark school years, the influence of fiction in life, the unexpected effects of chance, the sophistication of humor, the drawbacks of fame, the fascination for books or experimentation with narrative genres are some of the themes that populate this essential book.
The Last Dream (Reservoir Narrative)
the book of daysPatti Smith
When? 04/13/2023
In 2018 Patti Smith posted her first photo on Instagram. She traded in her beloved Land Camera 250 for her phone and moved part of her journal to the social network, where she began sharing her day-to-day life with brief reflections. Inspired by this format, Patti Smith collects three hundred and sixty-six snapshots, most of them unpublished, accompanied by texts that constitute “oracle sketches”. A unique way to immerse yourself in the intimate and emotional universe of an artist who is already an icon of our time.
The Book of Days (Narrative)
the persecutedFernando Benzo
When? 04/12/2023
The journalist Daniela Lozano sShe suspects that the death of her boyfriend in an accident has been a murder and begins to pull the thread.. His investigation uncovers a dark criminal network that blames corrupt policemen, mafia bosses and the Minister of the Interior. Daniela has Peyo as an ally, an ex-convict who found himself betrayed by his fearsome accomplices. To save themselves they must discover the whereabouts of an enigmatic Spanish trafficker who has disappeared.
the persecuted, Azorín Novel Award 2023, is a black novel that talks about second chances and that masterfully covers the existence of characters trapped in a violent world but in which those who believe in justice can still win. As long as they manage to stay alive.
The Persecuted: Azorín Novel Award 2023 (Spanish and Ibero-American Authors)
Everyone in my family has killed someone.Benjamin Stevenson
When? 04/12/2023
The best black novel of the year, according to Sunday Times. In her, Ernie Cunningham has never liked family gatherings. Although it has something to do with the fact that three years ago he saw his brother, Michael, kill someone and reported it to the police, an outrage for which the family has never forgiven him. Now they have decided to meet for a special occasion: they will spend a weekend in a mountain hotel to celebrate the reunion with Michael.
But the Cunninghams are not a family that spends the weekend under the blanket contemplating the landscape. The day Michael arrives, they will find the body of a man in the vicinity of the hotel.. When the police are unable to solve the crime, it’s up to Ernie to figure out if the culprit is one of his relatives… before it’s too late.
Everyone in my family has killed someone (International Planet)
complete stories, Amy Hempel
When? 04/05/2023
The definitive volume of Amy Hempel’s short stories celebrates a dazzling career devoted to storytelling. These Stories complete, which include those of his latest work (sing to him), They were previously unpublished in Spanish. They were awarded the Ambassador Award, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Inaugural United States Artists Fellowship; PEN/Faulkner finalists, and selected as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe and Time Out New York.
Complete stories (Formentor Library)
How (not) I wrote our storyElisabet Benavent
When? 04/11/2023
Elsa Benavides is a successful writer with a creative crisis and an obsession: to kill the character that catapulted her to success. But the solution to her problems does not involve electrocuting Valentina with a cell phone in the bathtub. It is the tip of the iceberg of a deeper wound. Determined to flee to embrace writing again, she runs into Dario, a musician recently arrived from Paris who is also her neighbor. She thus begins a new story in which Elsa is the protagonist. Will she be able to tell everything?
How (not) I wrote our story (SUMA)
The boy with the shrewsAna Obregón and Aless Lequio
When? 04/19/2023
Ana Obregón offers us a heartbreaking testimony about the loss of her son Aless Lequio, after a long and hard illness. The heart of this book is the text that Aless began to write when he was diagnosed with cancer. A sincere, acid, ironic, vibrant story, with a unique sense of humor, that he could not finish and that reveals his talent, charisma and personality. The result is the most beautiful proof of love from a mother, a moving story that will overwhelm and, on more than one occasion, will awaken a complicit smile.
The Boy with the Shrews (HarperCollins)
Crime, Carmen Chaparro
When? 04/12/2023
Carme Chaparro, author of the successful Ana Arén trilogy, returns with her most devilish and surprising novel. After a first page of impact, the reader will be immersed in a story that will not give him breath and that will keep him in suspense while he accompanies the the infernal and restless Madrid summer to its protagonists, including Santiago Munárriz, the most charismatic specialist, for better and worse, from the Forensic Anatomical Institute.
Crime (NARRATIVE SPACE)
Homo unrealisAndré Aciman
When? 04/13/2023
How much of us is erased over time? How long does he stay in loved places? Can one return to a place that never existed beyond your mind? André Aciman invites us to accompany him to the territory of his memories on a journey through beloved places such as Alexandria, Rome, Paris, Saint Petersburg or New Yorkinhabited by the ghostly presences of beloved artists and writers.
Thus, the author explores time unrealistic: that of the man who could have been and was not, everything that could have happened and did not happen, but that could still happen and is in a limbo between fantasy and reality. Some memories in the form of essays in which the author of call me by your name he revisits the past and the present, longing and desire, in an attempt to understand the nostalgic vein that hangs over his person and over almost all his work.
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