Acantilado is an independent publishing house founded in 1999 by Jaume Vallcorba. The catalogue is conceived as a space for transversal reflection, where books from different periods and genres are in dialogue with each other, forming an increasingly rich universe.
It is 1941. Young, beautiful Aurora leaves behind a tumultuous Spain and a tormented past to move to Mexico, where she takes a job as a nanny for the wealthy Vigil de Quiñones family.
This is the story of Mateo and Olga, and a job application destined for Google. Mateo is interested in robots and determined to establish whether the concept of merit should be banished from human relations.
This is the story of Mateo and Olga, and a job application destined for Google. Mateo is interested in robots and determined to establish whether the concept of merit should be banished from human relations.
A mature woman searches her own memories looking for signs of her own personality. She accepts the gains and losses that come with the passage of time. She knows how to distinguish what can be asked of life and what cannot.
Adrià learns to lose both on and off the pitch of love when his best friend falls in love with the Sara, the same girl as him. Then he starts to write a letter to his hero, Leo Messi, which ends up becoming a book.
David Trueba’s Queridos niños covers the three-week presidential campaign of Amelia Tomás, a history professor who has ascended to the role of government minister. After the previous face of her party was ensnared in a scandal, Amelia is selected to run for president of Spain.
This is a novel as funny as an after-dinner chat with friends, but as aggressive as a gut punch. Part of this contradiction can be found within its protagonist, Basilio, nicknamed the Hippopotamus by his enemies.
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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 ...