New Spanish Titles - Autumn 2012 - L

  • Lo que todavía no sabes del pez hielo
    What You Still Don’t Know About The Icefish
    Author:
    Efraim Medina
    Publisher: Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency
    Nothing is as it seems, says Teo, who, in keeping with this phrase, conceals his own name. He is 27 years old, still lives with his mother, suffers from a mild form of lupus and worships Lenny Bruce. Shut up in his tiny room, he practices escapism until one day the rain drives him into a bar, where he meets Lena.
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  • Lobisón
    Werewolf
    Lobisón
    Author:
    Ginés Sánchez
    Adrian is a strange teenager. Not just because of his autistic behaviour but because he is a seventh son and in the tradition of the mountains that means he is a werewolf. This, and the strange fits he suffers at night, earn him incomprehension on all sides.
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  • LOS CALCETINES DE SUSANA
    Susanna’s Socks
    Author:
    Eva Rodríguez
    Ana Zurita
    Publisher: Ediciones Jaguar
    Susanna gets dressed on her own for the first time. Everything goes perfectly until her other white sock can’t be found anywhere in the room. Where can it be? Have fun joining Susanna on her search! This is a bilingual edition in Spanish and English, with a useful glossary of colours and numbers. Recommended for children from the age of 5.  
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  • Los nadadores
    The bathers
    Los nadadores
    Author:
    Joaquín Pérez Azaústre
    Publisher: Editorial Anagrama S.A.
    Jonás swims every day, while on the other side of the glass some slim shadows appear to be observing him. Swimming is Jonás' link with his former life: he hardly sees his parents and he has no other family. One morning his fatheer tells him that his mother has disappeared: she hasn't answered the telephone for two months, and he has been to her flat to find it empty.
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  • LOS NIÑOS DE LA LATA DE TOMATE
    The Tomato Can Kids
    Author:
    CECILIA DOMÍNGUEZ LUIS
    Publisher: Alfaguara
    Agent: R.D.C Agencia Literaria
    On returning from Burkina Faso, Patricia shows her writer friend her travel snaps. The picture of two children who silently approach tourists with a tomato can round their necks and a smile on their faces spurs the writer on to create a story with one of them, Essein, as the main character.
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  • LOS POSTRES DE JORDI ROCA
    Jordi Roca’s desserts
    Author:
    JORDI ROCA
    Publisher: EDITORIAL OCÉANO, S.L.
    From his award-winning restaurant El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain), the young rebellious creator of desserts surprises us with a book full of his original creations, organised by the four seasons of the year.
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  • Los zapatos dorados
    The golden shoes
    Los zapatos dorados
    Author:
    Ballesteros, Adriana
    Agent: Ediciones Aljibe
    When Laura and her daughters Gema and Rocio arrived, they already knew that things weren't going to be easy, but what they did know is that some people had decided to put obstacle in their way.
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