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Gil Baleares doesn’t have much going on in his life: a kidnapped father suffering from Alzheimer, a daughter who is perhaps not his own, a divorce, forty years of existence marked by alcohol, frustration and defeat, and a lot of memories from the time when he was a federal investigations agent in legendary Mexico City.
The tall tales which Andrés Ibáñez has brought together in “The Scent of Cardamom” are audacious and earthy, subtle and surprising. There are stories of compassionate bandits, of cruel widows, of vengeful women: delicate tales of blood and honour.
Love of animals, unconditional friendship and freedom are the qualities that leap out in this book which was awarded the 12th International Compostela Prize for Picture Books. "Milu's Dog" is the story of a girl and her unusual pet who is her best playmate. Taking care of an animal is an important responsibility: feeding them, bringing them up and taking them to the vet...
Socri is a lovely sheepdog who loves his job and is loyal to his master. One day, the master decides to sell off the flock to a multinational, and Socri is left unemployed. He has a personal crisis and ventures out into the woods in search of Coach, following a little bird’s directions.
The Pursuer (El Perseguidor) is one of Julio Cortázar’s finest literary achievements and a classic of 20th century literature. With masterly manipulation of existential undercurrents, the story portrays the last days of virtuoso saxophonist Jonny carter, whose life passes by on the edge of lucidity and self destruction.
Octavio Alberola has spent eighty years thinking, living and evolving his life from the perspective of anarchism and he has never hesitated to question each one of his actions to the point of dramatically effecting his very existence.
The Weight of a Soul introduces us to detective Milton Vértebra, a character prone to excessive behaviour, a loser who has always thought that winning was simply another form of defeat, perhaps the cruellest form.
Antoñita the ladybird is yellow in colour, but she wants to be red like the other ladybirds in the garden where she lives. She tries various ways to change her colour. Antoñita the ladybird is the protagonist of this collection for readers of 5 years and upwards.
Unlucky the pirate comes from a family of famous pirates like his grandpa, the much-feared Blackmouth, who used to eat raw squid. His grandpa left him a boat and an eyepatch, which he quickly stopped wearing because it always covered his good eye, and his father left him a parrot. Unlucky is a pirate for whom things always go wrong.