One of the publishers that I like the most is without a doubt Six Barral: for its cleanliness in the edition, for its simplicity, for the choice of its stories to be edited ... And if I look at something in detail about it, it is the new arrivals that will be presented to us next January. Whether you like the Seix Barral publishing house or not, perhaps among these upcoming novelties you will find your next favorite book. Who knows!
New for January, 2017
These are the news that Seix Barral will release in January:
- "Complete work" by Carson McCullers.
- "Prologue for a war", by Iván Repila.
- "Rigorously guarded trains", by Bohumil Hrabal.
- "George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine" by Adam Johnson.
- "To be or not to be (a body)", by Santiago Alba Rico.
"Complete work" by Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers is one of the great authors of contemporary North American fiction, an indisputable classic who transmitted with unsurpassed mastery the greatness and tragedy of the human soul and knew how to illuminate the fragility and silent splendor of existence like no one else. The poignant, hopeless and deeply poetic world of Carson McCullers constitutes, in the words of Edith Sitwell, the legacy of "a transcendental writer." Her work has seduced generations of readers, while critics elevated her to the pedestal of twentieth-century classics.
This complete work is made up of the following books:
- "The ballad of sad coffee", 168 pages.
- "Reflections in a golden eye", 144 pages.
- "Clock without hands", 288 pages.
- "The breath of heaven", 704 pages.
"Prologue for a war" by Iván Repila
About Iván Repila and his literary work, the critic has said following:
- "Iván Repila is one of the great voices of Spanish literature", Dana Burlac, editor, Denoël.
- "Iván Repila is a powerful writer, who gives himself to the maximum", Adam Freudenheim, editor, Pushkin Press.
- "A language of great beauty", LeMonde.
- "A hard prose and a brutal and precise style", Xavier Lapeyroux, Le Monde diplomatique.
- «High literature […]. Iván Repila's prose is analytical, precise and beautiful […]. His overwhelming gaze is that of a visionary who alerts us to the possibilities of fiction, of its inherent artistic value "Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times.
If you decide to read "Prologue to a war"You will read a powerful novel about the distance between our desires and what life brings us little by little as we grow older. It looks so good! On sale January 10.
Bohumil Hrabal's "Rigorously Guarded Trains"
According to the newspaper El País, "Rigorously guarded trains" It is one of the most emblematic novels of the XNUMXth century by this Czech author.
This book you will have on sale from January 10, just like the previous one.
At a railway station located near the Czechoslovakian-German border during WWII, Miloš, a shy young apprentice, will guide us through his peculiar discovery of desire and his awakening to the adult world. Considered a post-war European classic and Bohumil Hrabal's seminal work, "Rigorously Guarded Trains" blurs the horror with poetry, tenderness and large doses of humor. An ode to how small acts can influence great events in history.
"George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine" by Adam Johnson
Name. Civil status. Profession. Religious beliefs, political preferences, sexual orientation. Always connected.
Updated. A camera in the palm of your hand. And to think of everything the Stasi did to spy on us!
Not even they were able to dream of a world in which citizens voluntarily carry monitoring devices, monitor themselves and report on themselves, morning, noon and night, "laments one of the characters in the story that gives the anthology its title. . The six masterful stories that make up "George Orwell was a friend of mine" earned Adam Johnson the National book award in 2015. Stories that go beyond the category of fiction to delve into reality and address issues such as the relationship between technology and power, empathy for the suffering of others and how politics shapes the personal.
A book quite well valued by specialized critics. On sale January 19.
«To be or not to be (a body)» by Santiago Alba Rico
In this essay, Santiago Alba Rico, one of the most renowned and inventive contemporary philosophers, talks to us about corporeality through traditional tales and classical myths, in the current context of global capitalism and technological society. A book for curious and restless people, a deep foray into the essence of the human being, for bodies of all ages.
On sale January 24.
If you liked these literary news for January, do not miss the articles referring to those that will come out in the months of February and March. Essential, some of them!