New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2012 - E

The novel describes the last twenty-four hours of Walter Benjamin in the border town of Port-Bou before he committed suicide on 26th September 1940.

 Fear has become one of modern society’s dominant feelings: the fear that arises from collective circumstances as well as those that come from within us, especially our minds. Moreoever, the increasing influence the media has on our behaviour means that these fears seems much more terrible than they really are.

After reading all about the poet Antonio Machado, Javier decides to visit the writer's tomb. In the hotel, he meets a strange woman and her son; a hyperactive teenager. One morning, at breakfast, the woman disappears leaving her son abandoned.

Let’s sing, listen, dance or read, raps the chicken Carolina. A lively story featuring Carolina, the independent artist who is the biggest noise anywhere.