New Spanish Titles - L

  • LA MAQUINA DEL PORVENIR
    The Future Machine
    Author:
    JUAN TREJO
    Publisher: TUSQUETS EDITORES, S.A.
    When his mother dies, Óscar travels to Berlin to take charge of her belongings. He hasn't had word from her in years because, in fact, she was living with another woman and had turned her back on her son. And neither can he inform his father, a stranger he has seen on only a few occasions, the author of successful books on the search for happiness.
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  • La noche soñada
    The Dream Night
    Author:
    Màxim Huerta
    Publisher: Espasa
    On the eve of San Juan in 1980, the inhabitants of Calabella, on the Costa Brava, are waiting for the mythical Ava Gardner, who is going to open the town's summer cinema. Everyone is on the lookout for the actress, except Justo, the youngest of the strange Brightman family.
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  • La noia de la biblioteca
    The Library Girl
    La noia de la biblioteca cubierta
    Author:
    Núria Pradas
    Agent: Avenida Sarrià, 21, entl. 5ª
    At the beginning of the 20th century, Barcelona is in flames, suffering various types of social conflict on a daily basis. In this atmosphere of violence, Núria Solé, a working class girl employed in the textile industry, struggles to change her life and fulfil her dreams.
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  • La paz de los vencidos
    The Peace of the Defeated
    Author:
    Jorge Eduardo Benavides
    Publisher: Nocturna Ediciones SL
    "I feel like those voluntary exiles – if that isn't a contradiction in terms – who never find peace anywhere because, at heart, they have not severed their ties with the one thing it is impossible break with: ourselves." A Peruvian immigrant writes a diary that starts with his new job in a slot machine arcade.
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  • La pícara ventera y venturera
    The Guileful Innkeeper and Adventuress
    Author:
    Lucas Torres Armendáriz y Jesús González Martín
    Publisher: Minobitia
    The fictitious Torres y González (that is, the authors Lucas Torres y Jesús González) have updated the adventures of the guileful Justina, continuing her adventures where the unknown 16th century author who wrote under the name of Francisco de Úbeda left off.
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  • La región vacía
    The Empty Region
    La región vacía
    Author:
    Mario Szichman
    Publisher: EDITORIAL VERBUM, S.L.
    The plot of The Empty Region transports us from the camps of sacred warriors in Pakistan to the security corridors of the CIA and FBI. It is a fascinating puzzle filled with historic characters, among them Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush, as well as public servants who understand the ins and outs of tragedy.
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  • La rosa entre els llops
    A Rose Among Wolves
    La rosa entre els llops cubierta
    Author:
    Joaquim Molina
    Agent: Avenida Sarrià, 21, entl. 5ª
    The Kingdom of Aragon, 1283. In this dangerous frontier realm, dominated by castles, nobles and military orders, the life of the young shepherd Joan de Mas is tragically cut short when a mercenary attempts to commit murder.
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  • La soledad
    Loneliness
    La soledad
    Author:
    Natalio Grueso
    Agent: DOSPASSOS Agencia Literaria
    La soledad is a delicate journey to the interior of our feelings, brimming with imagination in which desire, gratitude, justice and dreams come together.
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  • LA SONATA DEL SILENCIO
    The Sonata of Silence
    Author:
    PALOMA SÁNCHEZ-GARNICA
    Agent: JULIO F-YÁÑEZ AGENCIA LITERARIA S.L.
    Marta Ribas had a promising future when she met Antonio, but a misunderstood loyalty will disrupt their lives. When Antonio falls ill, Marta is forced to start work, exposing herself to the gossip of neighbours and her husband's indignation as his manly pride is dented.
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  • La última confidencia del escritor Hugo Mendoza
    The Writer Hugo Mendoza'a Last Secret
    Author:
    Joaquín Camps
    Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.
    The attractive professor of literature Victor Vega decides to accept the highly unusual proposal put to him by the widower of the writer Hugo Mendoza: to investigate whether her husband is still alive, despite the fact that his death has been legally certified, and to discover who is sending a new manuscript by the dead author every 3rd of December.
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