Love and death are similar, almost as though they were siblings. They differ in appearance, but they live together.
One day just like any other, Milo feeds at his mum’s breast. But with all that guzzling he ends up swallowing his mum! Of course, he misses her and decides to go look for her.
Boká is still a boy, but the laws of the clan must be obeyed. And, before migrating south for the winter, it is time for the great stag hunt.
The story takes place in Cañada Real, the largest shanty town in the whole of Europe.
Lucila feels different because of the way she looks: she has shaved her head, has loads of ear-piercings and wears masculine clothes. She lives with her two siblings and her father.
In the springtime, the goldfinches return to Alhucemas from the desert, the same desert from which Brahim's brother is returning after participating in the Green March.
Pamplona, the 22nd of May, 1938. ‘You can leave, comrades, we’re free!’. The prisoner’s powerful voice carried across the prison courtyard. Joaquín immediately got up and shook Tomás, who was sitting beside him on the floor of the cell.
Emma loves books. In a few days it will be her friend Sebastian’s birthday and Emma wants to get him the best present: a ‘bombatic’ book. The problem is that nobody knows what a bombatic book is.
If you were lucky enough to cross it, you would leave the sea behind you. In front of you, thousands of shops, filth, monotony, and sadness. Every day is the same as every other… Until one day everything changes.
Can you imagine a monster who’s afraid of wolves, bears, birds, pixies, and toads; boys and girls, princesses, old people, dogs and cats who gets expelled from the room of a bad-tempered little boy?
Lily Meyer is a writer, translator, and critic. Her translations include Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s story collections Little Bird and Ice for Martians. Her ...
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