Uk Panel´s Choice - Spring 2010

We bring you the latest selection by our panel of experts. This time the panel of experts was formed by Sophie Lewis (Dalkey Archive), Sara Lutyens (Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop), Bush Peter Roland (translator), Nicholas Caistor (BCLT), Jason Wilson (University College London) and Pete Ayrton (Serpent’s Tail).

The books have been reviewed by our network of independent readers. For this issue the readers were: Sonia Soto, Christina MacSweeney, Alexander Ibarz, Anella McDermott, Jason Wilson, Kit Maude, Laura McGloughlin, Nick Caistor, Lise Jones, Nelly Hermitant, Miranda France, and Anne McLean.

Lejos de dónde

Far from where

Author:
EDGARDO COZARINSKY

Publisher: TUSQUETS EDITORES, S.A.

Read report: Lejos de donde

January 1945, end of World War II. A young woman wrapped in a heavy military cape that hardly protects her from the cold escapes through Polish and Czech territories.

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Muerte a seis veinticinco

Death at six twenty-five

Author:
Jordi Cervera

Publisher: GRUPO EDEBE

Read report: Muerte a Seis Veinticinco

The brutal murder of a woman and her son, the wife and son of a famous basketball player who used to play for NBA, shakes the everyday life of a quiet Catalan town. No one could have imagined such a thing could happen in their town. Sergeant Joan Pons and his men will find themselves faced with a highly detailed plot that took years to plan in search of bitter revenge.

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Rematerial – Del deshecho a la arquitectura

Rematerial – When waste becomes architecture

Author:
Alejandro Bahamón

Publisher: PARRAMON PAIDOTRIBO S.L.

Read report: Rematerial: Del desecho a la arquitectura

Every day, millions of tons of rubbish are dumped into landfills and driven into perpetual disuse. But when creativity meets resourcefulness in the form of an architect, someone else’s waste can become the next designer’s building material.

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