New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2010 - O

  • Observatorios culturales
    Cultural Observatories
    Author:
    Cristina Ortega
    Publisher: Editorial Ariel
    The Cultural Observatory is a recent phenomenon which has arisen as a response to the challenges posed by the information and knowledge-based society.
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  • Oda a Una Estrella
    Ode to a Star
    Author:
    Pablo Neruda
    Publisher: Albur Producciones Editoriales
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    The night was black And I slipped away Down the road With the stolen star in my pocket’ At the top of a skyscraper, in the vastness of the night, someone takes hold of a star; the moment they put it in their pocket, their odyssey begins. An extraordinary poem by Pablo Neruda, brilliantly reflected in Elena Odriozola’a images.
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  • Ojos que no ven
    Eyes That Don’t See
    Author:
    José Ángel González Sainz
    Publisher: Editorial Anagrama S.A.
    When the old local printer’s in which Felipe Díaz Carrión had spent half his life went bankrupt, he was left without a job and with no chance of finding another. It was the era of migration to the industrial towns of the north of Spain. His son was nine years old, and not a day passed when his wife, Asun, did not ask him to leave. So they closed up the house and went north.
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  • On són els Arbres?
    Where are the Trees?
    Where are the Trees?
    Author:
    Josep Chapa
    Matilde Portalés
    Publisher: Edicions del Bullent
    What could have happened that night? Martina looked out of the window and... didn’t see a single tree in the street. Or in the square. Or in the park. Or by the river. The city had lost its greenery!
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  • Oscura monótona sangre
    Dark monotonous blood
    Author:
    SERGIO OLGUÍN
    Publisher: TUSQUETS EDITORES, S.A.
    Julio, a model neighbour and businessman, likes to walk through the lower-class neighbourhood that reminds him of his humble origins and above all, of his success climbing the social ladder. One day while having lunch, he overhears a conversation about the red-light district in one of the neighbourhoods on his daily route to work.
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