Empar Moliner debuted with the book of stories "L’ensenyador de pisos que odiava els mims", followed by her first novel, "Feli, esthéticienne", which won the 2000 Josep Pla Prize.
Architecture is the beginning of a transformation. The construction of a new building in the neighborhood keeps Clara and her grandfather Urbano entertained.
Many surprises await the reader of this novel, including the delicate art of the goldsmith and Ignacio Abad’s precise way of developing and unfolding the plot.
Shortly before the start of the Spanish Civil War, a young man from Tangier is assigned to a disciplinary company in charge of carrying out firing squad executions in Cape Juby, in North Africa’s Spanish protectorate.
The narrative begins with the discovery of a body in the swamp in Olba. The protagonist, Esteban, has been forced to close the furniture shop he owned, leaving his workers jobless and on the dole.
In the Other's Hair follows the lives of two young women from the first months of 1971 to the present day. On the one hand is Ramona Marquès, abandoned by a revolutionary who disappeared from her life, leaving her pregnant.
A boy called Pedro leaves his home one night in search of his fire engine, and goes into the forest. Some animals watch him curiously. An owl, a squirrel, a hedgehog… He doesn't notice. What is Pedro capable of to get his fire engine back?
Many women have had to take on the role of men throughout history to fulfill their ambitions or simply find a place in society.
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Lily Meyer is a writer, translator, and critic. Her translations include Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s story collections Little Bird and Ice for Martians. Her ...