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Dolça introducció al caos
Què passa en una relació amorosa, estable però encara relativament jove, quan un dels dos pren una decisió unilateral que afecta directament el futur de la parella? Quan la Marta li comunica al Dani que no vol ser mare, s'obre entre els dos una esquerda que els portarà a orbitar per uns llimbs plens de dubtes i indecisions que els impulsaran a repensar-se com a individus i com a parella. Aquesta novel·la és una invitació a nedar pel mar de contradiccions en què es converteix la possibilitat de ser pares. Una anàlisi íntima al voltant de la voluntat, l'instint, la llibertat i les estructures socials. Marta Orriols ens ofereix una història propera i plena d'arestes sensibles on tor...
El llibre de les cases
El llibre de les cases és la narració fragmentada de la vida d'un home, de les seves amistats, els amors, les decepcions, la poesia que l'acompanya, la història familiar. És el compendi dels seus últims cinquanta anys a través de les cases que ha habitat, dels espais que el configuren. Andrea Bajani ha creat una obra delicada i poètica sobre una vida en construcció, sobre la seva arquitectura real, els seus interiors i els llocs que ens formen com a persones. Aquesta novel·la, finalista del premi Strega 2021, és una educació sentimental sobre qui som i quin rastre deixem allà on vivim.
Comparatisme i crítica literària. La literatura comparada a Catalunya
En l’àmbit català, la literatura comparada no va tenir una tradició acadèmica estable fins a finals del segle XX, la qual cosa no vol dir que no hi hagués comparatisme. Els primers comparatistes són els mateixos escriptors i, en el nostre cas, molts dels millors autors van ser també els principals crítics literaris de la primera meitat d’aquell segle. En els seus escrits mostren una actitud implícitament comparatista, en consonància amb la dimensió internacional i cosmopolita que els va caracteritzar, atès que molts d’ells van ser excel·lents traductors. Escriptors de gran talent i mirada europea com Ventura Ametller, Ferenc Olivér Brachfeld, Aurora Bertrana, Josep Maria Corredor, Joan Crexells, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Josep Palàcios, Jaume Pérez Montaner, Josep Maria Poblet, Rafael Tasis i Llorenç Villalonga representen una història alternativa de la crítica comparatista. Amb la seva manera de llegir palesen que la nostra és, com deia Joan Fuster, una literatura entre literatures.
The Book of Barcelona
A slighted wife escapes her wealthy family for the evening and stumbles into the city's red-light district... The head of security at Barcelona's container port searches for a figure that only he has seen sneak in... An elderly woman brings home a machine that will turn her body into atoms, so she can leave behind a city that is no longer recognisable... Historically, Barcelona is a city of resistance and independence; a focal point for Catalan identity, as well as the capital of Spanish republicanism. Nestled between the Mediterranean coast and mountains, this burgeoning city has also been home to some of the greatest names in modern art and architecture, and attracts visitors and migrants from all over the world. As a result, the city is a melting-pot of cultures, and the stories gathered here offer a miscellany of form and genre, fittingly reminiscent of one of Gaudi's mosaics. From the boy-giant outgrowing his cramped flat on the city's outskirts, to the love affair that begins in a launderette, we meet characters who are reclaiming the independence of their city by challenging common misconceptions and telling its myriad truths.
In the Distance
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD WINNER OF THE WHITING AWARD WINNER OF THE SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING WINNTER OF THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR The first novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Trust, an exquisite and blisteringly intelligent story of a young Swedish boy, separated from his brother, who becomes a legend and an outlaw A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets criminals, naturalists, religious fanatics, swindlers, American Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.
The Lay of the Land
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day and The Sportswriter brings back the unforgettable Frank Bascombe in this astonishing meditation on modern-day America. A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father—Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his trade as a realtor on the Jersey Shore is thriving. But as a presidential election hangs in the balance, and a post-nuclear-family Thanksgiving looms before him, Frank discovers that what he terms “the Permanent Period” is fraught with unforeseen perils. An astonishing meditation on America today and filled with brilliant insights, The Lay of the Land is a magnificent achievement from one of the most celebrated chroniclers of our time. Also available in the Bascombe Trilogy: The Sportswriter and Independence Day
Sorry For Your Trouble
'The god of small stories ... A set of polished gems from a master craftsman' Sunday Times 'He writes about human beings and their disappointments with unfailing insight' Observer 'Finely crafted' Mail on Sunday 'American master' Daily Telegraph A woman and man, parted a quarter of a century, reunite in a bar in New Orleans as the St Patrick's Day parade goes by. A divorced suburban dad helps his daughter pick out a card for her friend who's moving away. A group of friends in late middle age, all once promising, reunite for dinner when one of their number loses her husband, but the gathering splinters when bitter revelations about their shared past emerge. Two teenage boys sit in a drive-in, the air thick with the scent of gin and popcorn and longing. A visionary collection of luminous landscapes, of great moments in small lives, of the people we carry with us long after they are gone, Sorry for Your Trouble takes disappointment, ageing, grief, love and marriage and silhouettes them against the heady backdrop of Irish America in the past and present. Earthily humane and profoundly wise, the collection reconfirms its author as the master of contemporary American fiction.
