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Alone With the World

Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfairly unfamiliar

Los Miralles

La primera novela de Kike Cherta parte de una premisa tan sugerente como original. Los Miralles, una atípica familia valenciana, están convencidos de que el manzano que crece en el patio de su alquería es de origen divino. De hecho, creen que es el mismísimo Árbol del Bien y del Mal que aparece en la Biblia, el mismo del que comieron Adán y Eva embaucados por una serpiente parlanchina. Desde hace generaciones, tienen una única misión: vigilarlo noche y día para que nadie vuelva a probar jamás del fruto prohibido.

En este sorprendente debut, Kike Cherta indaga en las paradojas propias de cualquier tradición, en las siempre complejas dinámicas familiares y en la culpa asociada a las raíces. Envuelta en un aura mágica que casi no deja diferencias lo que es real de lo que es milagro, el libro se nutre de un punto medio ideal entre trascendencia y humor. Religión, familia e identidad se mezclan en una suerte de comedia negra profanamente bíblica.

Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
9 minutes read

El descenso del abejorro

Translated from Slovenian to Spanish by Xavier Farré
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
11 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Paula Caballero
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
3 minutes read

Los bloques naranjas

Una ventana a la amistad masculina: la corporalidad y los afectos truncados, torpes, subterráneos, que se dan en una pandilla de chicos de barrio durante los 2000.

Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
8 minutes read

Sin título

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
9 minutes read

Una declaración de dependencia

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Preparar un cuerpo

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 minutes read

Diccionario del preso

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Inés Sánchez Mesonero
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Un pitido

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Luciana Moisa
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
9 minutes read

Paréntesis

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
7 minutes read

El retrato

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

Que el cielo quede despejado

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
6 minutes read

El aprendizaje

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Lara Carrión
Written in Portugese by Valério Romão
5 minutes read

En casa

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read

Punto de fuga

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
8 minutes read

Pez plano

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 minutes read

Oda a la hermandad

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
8 minutes read

Torcidos

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read

Esmeralda

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
7 minutes read

El infierno

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
8 minutes read
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