What book would you give to ...?

It gets closer, it smells ... Tomorrow, finally, is Book Day and many of us will take advantage not only to buy the odd book for ourselves but we will also be generous (almost certainly) and we will give away some to some other dear person.

En Actualidad Literatura we want to make your work easier and give you a series of suggestions according to the person we want to give as a gift. If you are looking for ideas, this is your site.

What book would you give your partner?

Having a partner who accompanies us one afternoon on the couch with a book in hand is always pleasant, at least for lovers of reading like us, we like to see our partner by our side sharing that moment. And if he doesn't and you're looking forward to it, this would be a nice gift to tell him.

It goes without saying that you must know, even minimally, the your partner's literary tastes to be able to give him a book. If not, and you don't have time to find out, do some research in his personal library.

If your partner is a girl ...

• "Women who read are dangerous" de Stefan bollmann: Perhaps your girlfriend or wife will look at you strangely at first as soon as you see the title of this book, but as I read it, I am sure that she appreciates the gift. It is a book that pays tribute to all those female readers: Traditionally relegated to a secondary and often passive role in society, women very early found in reading a way to break the narrowness of their world. The open door to knowledge, imagination, access to another world, a world of freedom and independence, has allowed them to develop and adopt, little by little, new roles in society. Through a tour of the many works of art that reflect the close relationship between books and women, Stefan Bollmann pays a heartfelt tribute to women and confirms the exceptional power that reading confers. Without a doubt, it would be a good purchase.

• "Love, women and life" de Mario Benedetti: Nothing better like gift poetry to a woman you're in love with, and if it's Benedetti's, all the better. In this book, Mario brings together the best love poems written, where he turns his conception of life and love, as the main source of force that directs the human being.

• "The smile of women" de Nicolas Barreau: A fresh novel, of a tender love but also very different. I recommend this novel, above all, because it is very light and with a very pleasant reading since there is a lot of interaction between its characters.

If your partner is a boy ...

• "Bruce Lee, jeet kune do": This book loves almost all the boys but especially to those who like to take care of their body and who practice some contact sport. The best part is that it is written by Bruce Lee himself and summarizes his principles, core techniques, and lesson plans. Illustrative schematics of Lee and his extraordinary treatment of the nature of combat, success through martial arts, and the importance of a positive mental attitude in training are also shown.

• «Summer cruise» de Truman Capote: For men who love narrative of the great Capote. It is a book that we all have to read, regardless of gender. Seventeen-year-old Grady McNell has managed to convince her parents to leave her alone on the Central Park floor while they go on a summer cruise. No one can explain why the young lady disdains the delights of Europe for the blazing New York summer. But Grady has a secret: she's in love. And his is a love that must jump very powerful barriers. Because Grady, who was definitely born at the top of the social ladder, has fallen in love with Clyde Manzer, a twenty-three-year-old boy who works in the parking lot where she keeps her car. And Clyde is Jewish, a war veteran - we are in the 1940s, shortly after the end of World War II - and very lower middle class. And as the summer progresses, and the splendor of the bodies grows, what started as a | Vacation love affair, it will become more serious, more murky, more equivocal ...

• "Spoils of War" de Ha jin: For those who love narrative with historical and warlike overtones. In March 1951, armed with Russian artillery, a small division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army crossed the Yalu River as military reinforcement for the Maoist offensive against South Korea. With her marches the young officer Yu Yuan, who has had to leave behind mother and girlfriend to go to an uncertain war and from which he will only emerge as a prisoner of war of the American army. Interned in the Pusan ​​prison camp, and then in that of Koje Island, in South Korea, he nevertheless discovers that the pro-nationalist Chinese and Koreans are much more expert than Westerners in the art of inflicting pain on their compatriots. . In addition, once the war is over, a China that threatens to retaliate fugitives and traitors makes this wait in no-man's-land an endless nightmare.

What book would you give your parents?

Parents are difficult to give ... They know us perfectly and are usually right with their gifts, but we always have the doubt if they would like the gift. Perhaps because we always find little that we can give them. We hope to get our suggestions right this time, but you already know that in literature, everything is a matter of taste.

For moms

With moms you can get it right cookbooks… Most of them love to cook and find out new recipes and dishes to surprise us with. For them we recommend the book of "The foodman's pop kitchen" de Mikel Lopez, a gastronomic blogger who brings us new recipes with the company of good cinema, music and pop culture.

And if what you want is to make him laugh, which is always nice and comes in handy, you can give him "How not to be a drama mom" de Amaya ascunce. This book contains 101 phrases that all mothers say throughout their lives and that at the same time they hated when their mothers said it. A very fun book!

For dads

What parent does not like sport? From there we can already get ideas. A book written by his Favorite athlete it would be a good gift for him. Or if it is a tech lover and it has an electronic book we could make it as a macro gift with 5 or 6 e-books that they may like historical novels, crime novels, etc.

Maybe what you really like is the economy. If so, we recommend "Capital: Critique of Political Economy" de Karl Marx.

What book would you give to your friends?

For your friend of the soul ...

For that friend of yours who is always there when you need her, what better gift than make him laugh. For this reason we recommend as a gift suggestion the recently released book of Marta Gonzalez de Vega qualified «From Little Red Riding Hood to She-Wolf in just six uncles», a kind of hilarious manual that only women can find humor in. We are convinced that you will love it.

For your friend of the soul ...

For that friend you want to find the happiness First of all, what better gift than one of the best-selling books in history, for its quality, for its illustrations, for the life learning it aims to show: "The little Prince" de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A story told with simplicity and poetry where topics such as the meaning of life and the meaning of love and friendship are analyzed.

We wish you a happy Book Day! And as he said  Miguel de Unamuno «CThe less you read, the more damage does what you read ".