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Uk Panel´s Choice - Autumn 2010

We bring you the latest selection by our panel of experts. In this edition the panel was formed by: Ollie Brook (online editor, Granta), Kyle Cathie (publisher, Kyle Cathie), Cristina Fuentes (Hay Festival), Daniel Hahn (translator), Saara Marchadour (The Travel Bookshop) and Gary Mckeone (BCLT).

The books have been reviewed by the following experienced and independent readers: Ollie Brock, Daniel Hahn, Lise Jones, Martin Schifino, Margaret Jull Costa, Jonathan Dunne, Rosalind Harvey, Christina MacSweeney, Laura McGloughlin, Nick Caistor, Peter Bush, Catherine Forrest, Kirsty Hooper, Alex Ibarz and Lorenza García.

As Rulas de Bakunin

The Children of Bakunin

Author:
Antón Riveiro Coello

Publisher: Editorial Galaxia

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This magnificently narrated historical novel which tells of the Civil War and anarchism is now in its fifth edition. According to the author, the novel “allowed me to live other lives.” The Children of Bakunin (As Rulas de Bakunin) is born of empathy for the defeated and the vanquished.

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Bilbao-New York-Bilbao

Author:
Kirmen Uribe

Publisher: EDITORIAL SEIX BARRAL, S.A.

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Bilbao-New York-Bilbao takes place over the course of a flight between the airports of Bilbao and JFK in New York, and, bit by bit, reveals the story of three generations of the same family. Using letters, diaries, emails, poems and dictionaries, a mosaic of memoires and accounts is created that constitute a homage to an almost extinct world, as well as a hymn to the continuation of life.

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El bailarín ruso de Montecarlo

The Russian ballet dancer from Monte Carlo

Author:
Abilio Estévez

Publisher: TUSQUETS EDITORES, S.A.

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Constantino Augusto de Moreas has received an invitation to visit Zaragoza University, after having spent his entire life in Cuba devoted to the scholarly investigation of the poet José Martí. But he decides to skip the congress and travels instead to Barcelona.

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El mapa de la vida

The map of life

Author:
Adolfo García Ortega

Publisher: Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency

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It takes great courage to go on when the map of life has been torn. It takes great courage to love again. A SURPRISING LOVE STORY THAT CAME OUT OF MADRID’S TERROR ATTACKS OF 11 MARCH 2004. A REALISTIC STORY WITH A HINT OF FANTASY. Ada and Gabiel have survived the attack. Their souls and bodies left the trains in a sorry state.

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Fiesta en la madriguera

Party in the Warren

Author:
Juan Pablo Villalobos

Publisher: Editorial Anagrama S.A.

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Tochtli likes hats, dictionaries, samurais, guillotines and the French. But Tochtli is a child, and what he wants now is a new animal for his private zoo: a dwarf Liberian hippopotamus. His father, Yolcaut, a drugs trafficker at the peak of his power, is willing to satisfy his every whim. Because Yolcaut always can.

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La pirueta

The pirouette

Author:
Eduardo Halfon

Publisher: EDITORIAL PRE-TEXTOS

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Awarded the XIV José María de Pereda Short Novel Prize, this work is the unfathomable banned story of a Serbian pianist, told by a man called Eduardo Halfon.

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Las Meninas

The Maids of Honour

Author:
Patricia Geis

Publisher: COMBEL EDITORIAL S. A.

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A book which combines the history of art with images, spectacular pop-ups and enjoyable activities to help readers discover the most celebrated works of Velázquez. One of the most enigmatic paintings in the history of art, Velázquez’ Las Meninas, is made accessible to the youngest children.

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Las teorías salvajes

Wild theories

Author:
Pola Oloixarac

Publisher: Guillermo Schavelzon & Asociados Agencia Literaria

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A fish called Yorick and a kitten called Montaigne. A young philosophy student who corners her old professor in the corridors of the faculty. Two teenagers who discover in their respective physical and moral deformities a good reason to get together. A young left wing militant woman who writes letters to Mao.

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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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Sferificaciones y macarrones

Spherics and Macaroni

Author:
Claudi Mans

Publisher: Editorial Ariel

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A novel work which, in a readable form, compares the meals of the great media chefs with everyday dishes from our own cuisine in order to show the similarities between the science and methods of both worlds. Mousses, air dishes, spherics, emulsions, gels, hot ice-cream… tortillas, croquettes, chips, pears in wine and grilled steak are some of the examples analysed in detail.

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