Peka the hen dreams of being able to sing and that one day, she will wake the whole valley with her call. But no hen has ever sung. It’s something cockerels do.

The novel tells the story of a young woman in contemporary Barcelona. It is narrated in the first person with a Joycean ‘a day in the life of…’ style of voice, although the novel takes place over several different days.

A saga about a family from the Poblenou neighbourhood of Barcelona living under the weight of a curse.

Is it possible to escape destiny? Its 11th March 2011, Nanami Tenudo has abandoned Miako, her native town. That same day, an earthquake shakes Japan unleashing one of the most lethal tsunamis in history.

Zel hides her list of forbidden wishes in a drawer, out of her mother’s sight. She is turning eighteen, and hopes that her mother will finally let her go out into the world so she can run cross country, see the ocean, and smile at some stranger.

Katherine Mansfield was able to portray what is hidden beneath the surface better than anybody else.

A pregnant teenager runs away from her violent boyfriend. A couple reaches a roadblock and contemplates murder as their only way out. A woman loses her brother after cheating a drug dealer. A computer expert steals all of her lover’s savings.

Zahra's marriage has been arranged. She is not marrying for love. She is not in love. She hardly even knows her cousin, Amir, the spoiled scion of a family with excessive ambitions.

Mia and Greta are good friends. They have known each other since high school, and now share an apartment in Barcelona.

These poems introduce children to Eastern poetry, particularly the popular haiku, a sort of poem that tries to channel Nature through the impression it makes on our senses.