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Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Mauro tiene veinticinco años y acaba de llegar a Madrid dispuesto a dejar de ser virgen y a experimentarlo TODO. Iker mide uno noventa, huele de maravilla y, aunque solo busca rollos de una noche con los chicos más guapos de la discoteca, no puede evitar tropezarse con el amor. Andrés trabaja en una editorial, es un romántico empedernido y se sabe todas las canciones de Taylor Swift. Gael es colombiano, se gana la vida en la noche de Chueca y...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A fiendishly fun and charming novel echoing the quirky works of brilliant director Pedro Almodóvar, The Altogether Unexpected Disappearance of Atticus Craftsman follows an uptight Englishman who is sent to Madrid to close a literary magazine and the five fiery, close-knit Spanish women who must devise a plan in order to keep the jobs they love. Atticus Craftsman never travels without a supply of Earl Grey, an electric kettle, and a teacup--so he...
Author
Series
Alec Milius series volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Language
English
Description
Living in Madrid after the devastating events of A Spy By Nature, former spy Alec Milius struggles to live below the radar as an investment banker, until the disappearance of a prominent politician places him in the middle of an international conspiracy.
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Eduardo Quintana is a broken man. The tragedy that cost him the lives of his family is a wound he daily tears open afresh. The once-renowned painter wallows in grief, subsisting on alcohol and drugs, eking out a living with whatever painting commissions he can get. But when he is approached by a mysterious woman who wants him to paint a portrait of the man who killed her son, he soon becomes entangled in a web of deceit in which no one, and nothing,...
7) The wonders
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Through the rich inner lives of two ordinary, unforgettable women, award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel brings a half-century of the feminist movement to life, revealing the simmering truth that money is ultimately the limiting factor in most women's lives"--
Mar̕a moved to the city in 1969, leaving her daughter with her family but hoping to save enough to take care of her one day. She worked as a housekeeper, a caregiver, a cleaner--somehow...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando Alejandro conoció a David, su sonrisa le pareció la magia que podría salvarlo de sí mismo. Durante años ambos se consideraron afortunados, creían que el amor que compartían era capaz de aguantar todo tipo de tormentas. Todas menos una. Hace diez años que se fue de Madrid dejando su dolor, su corazón y a David sin apenas dar explicación. Ahora Alejandro está preparado para enfrentarse al pasado y a David, quien no ha conseguido...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Samuel, a lonely linguistics lecturer, wakes up on New Year{u2019}s Day, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing more than passive verbs and un-italicized moments--until an unexpected visitor slips into his Barcelona apartment and refuses to leave. The appearance of Mishima, a stray, brindle-furred cat, becomes the catalyst that leads Samuel from the comforts of his favorite books, foreign films, and classical music to places he{u2019}s...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo USA
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"'Cuando halles el significado de este jardín, estarás preparado para alejarte de él'. 1895: Todo está preparado para el gran baile que va a celebrarse en el jardín más enigmático de la ciudad de Madrid. Ana recibe su invitación sin ninguna expectativa: su alma rebelde rechaza la ostentación. Nada puede hacerle sospechar que aquel no será un baile más. Está a punto de encontrarse con alguien que le abrirá las puertas de un mundo desconocido...
12) La ronda
Author
Publisher
Reservoir Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
En La Ronda, el premiado autor Francisco Bescós le pone una marcha más al género negro con una novela policial ambiciosa, repleta de giros y adrenalina.
In La Ronda, award-winning author Francisco Bescós takes the noir genre up a notch with an ambitious detective novel, full of twists and adrenaline.
13) El buen padre
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
After receiving an alarm call, the police found a man stained with blood and a knife with his prints next to the body of his wife in a chalet in a Madrid urbanization. A year later, an old man turns himself in to the police claiming to be the kidnapper of three missing persons: the defense attorney for his son, the judge who convicted him, and a young student who testified against him at trial. Convinced that the three were bribed, the man assures...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Berenice
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Irene, que llega a Madrid harta de su novio, sus amigas y su madre, se encuentra en el bar de la facultad con Manuel, un joven profesor que juega al mus con unos amigos. No hablan esa primera vez, pero cada uno se ha fijado en el otro. Enseguida saldrán juntos. Descubrirán un mundo feliz lleno de canciones. La vida, con sus problemas y tribulaciones, será algo que le pase a los demás. La suya será perfecta. Manu empezará a trabajar a destajo...
16) Carnality
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this latest novel from the award-winning author of The Polyglot Lovers, a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground society. Awarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish writer flies to Madrid, where in a bar she meets a man with an extraordinary story to tell. In exchange for somewhere to sleep and to hide out for a few days, he is willing to tell her the...
Author
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
A finales del siglo XV un viejo maestro flamenco introduce en uno de sus cuadros, en forma de partida de ajedrez, la clave de un secreto que pudo cambiar la historia de Europa. Cinco siglos después, una joven restauradora de arte, un anticuario homosexual y un excéntrico jugador de ajedrez unen sus fuerzas para tratar de resolver el enigma. La investigación les conducirá a través de una apasionante pesquisa en la que los movimientos del juego...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this stunning debut, Javier Fuentes chronicles a tumultuous, passionate love affair between two young men from vastly different worlds during one, extraordinary summer in Spain, in what is ultimately a meditation on identity, class, belonging and desire. It is 2007, in New York where Demetrio, 30, is a celebrated pastry chef at the French restaurant, Le Bourrelet. It will be his seventh year as their pâtissier and the chef-owner, stern, but paternal...
Author
Series
Elite athletes volume 2
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Jake Mirakovitch might be the best gymnast in the world, but there's one big problem: he chokes in international competition. The least successful of a family of world-class gymnasts, he has struggled to shake off nerves in the past. This time he's determined to bring home the gold no matter what. Retired figure skater Topher Caldwell wants a job as a commentator for the American network that covers the Olympics, and at the Summer Olympics in Madrid,...
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