Books

Last Evenings on Earth

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Roberto Bolaño is probably the most famous of the post-Latin American Boom authors.

Paul en Quebec

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Since 1999, French-Canadian cartoonist Michel Rabagliati has been chronicling his life story through his alter-ego Paul.

Catalan Literature

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This year sees Catalunya welcomed to the UK publishing world as a guest of honor, with ten books due to be released in their English translations.

Raise High the Roof Beam...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Two years before The Catcher in the Rye was published and enlightened many adolescent readers...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Pulitzer Prize winner Díaz has written an energetic novel packed with memorable phrases and honest portraits of captivating individuals as they look for their lost identity in exile.

Invisible Cities

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

In this book, Italo Calvino dissects different types of cities, unveiling their intricate map of signs and symbols – and in the end their soul.

THE PLANT

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:55:00 GMT

Of the blossoming batch of new publications recently yielded, The Plant is among the most rare and radiant.

LOS HIJOS DE LOS DÍAS

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:48:00 GMT

In the gentle voice of a wise uncle schooling his young nephew, Galeano reminds a contemporary world of the uncomfortable truths it would rather forget.

9 PORTERES & PORTERS

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:49:00 GMT

If you have just arrived in Barcelona there is a job – or we could even say a way of life – that you might find a bit peculiar: los porteros.

LEYENDAS DEL UNIVERSO DC

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:01:00 GMT

Much like Batman & Robin or Lois & Clark, Neil Gaiman and DC Universe form one of the greatest pairings in comic books.

WOMEN ARE HEROES

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:53:00 GMT

JR hopes to send a message of cooperation, solidarity and humanity to the world – a powerful statement, yet everything is made with just paper, ink and glue.

REDHEADED PECKERWOOD

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:50:00 GMT

While everyone is talking about the emergence of electronic books and the end of the publishing industry as we know it, there is, nonetheless, a kind of book that is experiencing a spectacular resurgence: the photobook.

STORY OF THE EYE

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:57:00 GMT

Björk once said it was her mission to make everyone in the world read Georges Bataille's 1928 masterpiece, Story of the Eye.

Ocho Cuervos

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:00 GMT

A career in graphic design led VIII to the decision to strike out into the great sketchy unknown and assume a full-time guise of mystery.

All Angles 2: Souvenir

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

All Angles 2: Souvenir features another seven stories written by Anglophone authors living in Catalunya, with the original English texts printed alongside their Catalan translations.