New Spanish Titles - P

  • Palabras de lluvia
    Words of Rain
    Palabras de lluvia
    Author:
    Cristina María Menéndez Maldonado
    Publisher: EIRENE EDITORIAL S L
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    "There are words that fall slowly, drop by drop, in a constant assault on the heart. They were never intrepid or courageous, simple, ordinary words… "Words of rain" is the story of Teo, an indigenous woman born in the Peruvian jungles of Ucayali, who has to travel to Asturias with her husband.
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  • Paraíso alto
    High Heaven
    Author:
    Julio José Ordovás
    Publisher: Editorial Anagrama S.A.
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    Situated on the border between life and death, High Heaven is an unusual site of pilgrimage, an abandoned town which holds a mysterious attraction for the suicidal. There a man dressed as a scarecrow plays the part of angel (and gravedigger) and acts with the innocence and ineptitude typical of silent cinema comedies.
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  • Perros que duermen
    Sleeping Dogs
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    Author:
    Juan Madrid
    Agent: AGENCIA LITERARIA CARMEN BALCELLS
    1938. Dimas Prado, a youg and ambitious fascist, takes charge of an investigation into the double murder of an adolescent prostitute and her Madame at a house in Burgos. His plan is not to catch the murderer - a distinguished Nationalist general - but to eliminate all trace of the crime, evidence and witnesses.
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  • Pitré no es verde / Pete is not Green
    Pete is not Green
    Pitré no es verde / Pete is not Green
    Author:
    Belén Boville
    Publisher: Editorial Kolima
    N3 is a young humanonid who gets lost during an interstellar journey on his flying motorbike and ends up on Earth, in the Bay of Cadiz to be precise, where he is rescued by the sailors of the mythical Vaporcito.
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  • Plato de mal gusto
    A Tasteless Dish
    Author:
    Álvaro Aguilera
    Publisher: EDICIONES AKAL SA
    Palacios is a man in his forties who is trying to move away from his most recent profession: contract killer. A stroke of luck in the form of a very well-paid job seems to make retirement a possibility, but once the job is done everything starts to become complicated and both his payment and his own integrity are in grave danger.
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  • Por pequeño que parezca
    However Small it Seems
    Author:
    Juan Hernaz, Fátima Fernández
    Publisher: Onada Edicions
    'On a starry night, if I look at the sky I feel small, as though I were a grain of sand compared to a planet.' In this big world there are times when we can feel very small. The moon is small compared to the Earth; the Earth is small compared to the sun; likewise the sun, compared to other stars. But, really, what are we? Big or small?
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  • Prólogo para una guerra
    Prologue for a War
    Author:
    Iván Repila
    Publisher: PLANETA
    Prestigious architect Emil Zarco receives the most important commission of his life, an ambitious urban project with which he can showcase his ideas on the essence and purpose of men: that we are a long lineage destined to perpetuate itself in search of progress and the betterment of our capabilities.
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