Spain Fiction

In these stories, characters struggle with allegiances both political and personal, their attempts at independence coinciding with the region’s growing nationalist fervor. Exquisitely attuned to the nuances of familial and cultural history, and beautifully blending pastoral and historical sensibilities, Electrodomésticos is a stunning debut about place, language, and identity, from a promising new voice.

Thirty-something writer Regina lives in Harlem with her four-year-old daughter. And no matter what she does, drama follows her wherever she goes. Her world is thrown for a loop when shady Little Joe re-enters her life looking for some action. Unfortunately, her lingering feelings for her congressman ex-husband aren't helping either.

Una novela emocionante y nada convencional sobre las distintas caras del amor y la identidad sexual en la época del franquismo. 5.ª edición. Asun y Santos se conocen una noche de enero de 1950 en un tablao en el que ella trabaja cantando coplas. De ese encuentro nace una relación que pronto los convertirá en matrimonio. Santos es un joven bibliotecario del Ateneo de Madrid y dirige un grupo de teatro en la universidad; ella deja los escenarios para dedicarse a la casa y a atender a los jóvenes estudiantes a quienes tienen alquilada una habitación.

Venus wasn't planning on falling for someone else. Her heart always belonged to Jake Parson, the enviable hot boy, starting from the moment he swept her off her feet with an impromptu proposal and a surprise wedding she never expected. Not a dull moment in the Parson household, to say the least. Their heat and attraction could spark a flame in a cold, wet room. But marriage, children, and too much distance, along with the constant swirling rumors of Jake's infidelities, have put their relationship to the test.

Sometimes you go in search of a new beginning. Other times, it finds you. Tonya Martin enjoys her job as a professional chef for a Wall Street bank, her East Harlem walk-up, and the freedom to live and love by her own rules - right up until the day she finds herself suddenly downsized. But a spontaneous trip to New Orleans opens up a new opportunity. With time on her hands and her daughter soon graduating college, Tonya has the chance to reach for her own long-cherished dream - opening a restaurant on her friend Hannah's beautiful Garden District estate.

Sylvia Blackwell has it all, or so she thinks. She and her handsome husband, Garrett, are the epitome of success: an immaculate house of their dreams, a beautiful and talented 17-year-old daughter, flourishing careers, and nearly 20 years of perfectly wedded bliss. Just as they are making plans for their vow renewal celebration, a call in the middle of the night interrupts their picture-perfect lives. Now Sylvia has to deal with the reality of Garrett's dead mistress and a love child she never knew about.

Summer ends, the season changes, and Coro, an artist frightened off by what her own paintings may represent, gets in her car and drives for hours in the middle of the night until she chances upon Betania, an isolated house existing in a world of its own. It's an unfamiliar place inhabited exclusively by women who, strangely, all seem to know her. Like adherents of an ancient cult, the women of Betania all dress the same, carry out strange rites and celebrations, and live alongside goats and innumerable dogs against a landscape dominated by a mountain that seems to block out the sunlight.

Wer das Heute verstehen will, findet im Gestern Antworten, die unter die Haut gehen... In dem abgelegenen spanischen Dorf Los Isidros entspinnt sich 1938 unter dem politischen Druck von Diktator Franco eine dramatische Geschichte, deren Auswirkungen bis ins Deutschland von heute spürbar bleiben: Die blutjunge Inés verliebt sich in den unerschrockenen Freiheitskämpfer Manuel, der für seinen Traum eines demokratischen Spaniens einen hohen Preis bezahlt. Während sein Bruder Vicente von einem Leben als Mönch träumt, lenkt eine unheilvolle Begegnung das Schicksal aller Beteiligten in ungewollte Bahnen.

Antonio, an impoverished duke, meets Cate on the train to Seville, and joins her search while attempting to rescue the decaying legacy of his family. They find clues and uncover evidence that will shock the titans of art history, may destroy her prospects as an art historian, and shatter her future with Antonio.

When Sophie and Maddie are summoned to a mysterious, top-secret meeting by their best friend Kate's partner, and told that he's planning to whisk Kate away for a surprise wedding in Gibraltar, it's immediately clear that bubbly florist Sophie is a total romantic. And that freewheeling, purple-haired Maddie is not. Soon, Maddie finds herself reluctantly organising venues, planners and ceremonies; trying not to think of her own memories of Andalucia, and those she's lost touch with there.

A remarkable story of love and sacrifice centred on three young English volunteers in the bloody Spanish Civil War, from the author of The Prisoner's Wife. 1936. Civil war is tearing Spain apart, and the world is on the brink of chaos... Twenty-one-year-old Lucy is frustrated with her...

Catorce nuevas y originales historias, cada una de ellas emplazada en uno de los barrios más característicos de Barcelona, con catorce puntos de vista completamente distintos, todas ellas escritas por los más destacados escritores españoles y catalanes del género negro.

In this captivating novel, an erupting Icelandic volcano grounds all flights in and out of Europe, forcing four vacationing Americans to reckon with the problems they'd hoped to leave behind in Barcelona. Whitney and Will are a perfect couple by all appearances, their relationship rock-solid...

Presented as a fictionalized autobiography, The Master of the Prado begins in Madrid in 1990, when Sierra encounters a mysterious stranger named Luis Fovel within the halls of the Prado. Fovel takes him on a whirlwind tour and promises to uncover startling secrets hidden in the museum's masterpieces - secrets that open up a whole new world to Sierra. The enigmatic Fovel reveals how a variety of visions, prophesies, conspiracies, and even heresies inspired masters such as Raphael, Titian, and Hieronymus Bosch....

En Historia de la Guerra Civil sin mitos ni tópicos, Manuel P. Villatoro e Israel Viana repasan los años treinta del siglo XX para entender el enfrentamiento capital de nuestra historia reciente, la cruenta guerra civil que antecedió a uno de los períodos más convulsos del siglo XX en España y Europa.

El Cid is the oldest Spanish epic poem preserved. It is based on the true story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid, and it takes place during the Spanish Reconquest. This is the story of a brave man who took on the challenge of recovering his home country after it had been besieged. This poem has been completely reworked and carefully adapted in modern English to allow for easy listening. Enjoy!

Tan real como la vida y tan descarnado como la memoria, este libro recoge los recuerdos de la Guerra Civil Española en Madrid de los padres del autor. Una epopeya de miserias cotidianas, miedos y desengaños con el telón de fondo del conflicto que partió España en dos. Ángel y Madgalena, dos jóvenes liberales conservadores de Guadalajara, en pleno bando republicano, intentan adaptarse a la vida que continúa en medio de una guerra en la que no participan ni tampoco entienden.

It is the morning of Pacote's last fight, the finale of a great career. The city of Sevilla waits, heavy with anticipation. But Pacote finds he is afraid and fears disgrace in the ring. Time, once his friend, now presses him on to the moment when the gate opens and the first bull enters the ring.

Diana Hope, 55, is still adjusting to her recent separation when she discovers her ex-husband has just proposed to a woman 30 years younger. Secretly hoping they would reunite, Diana is devastated. She realizes the time has come to reimagine life without him - in fact, to reimagine her life, period. Devoting the last 30 years of her life to being a dutiful wife and mother and to climbing the corporate ladder, Diana has been relentlessly driven, and has not taken a moment to do anything for herself. Now, the time has come.

A surprise trip to Barcelona with her boyfriend, Jake, seems like the perfect antidote to Grace Sawyer's current woes. The city is dazzling and unpredictable, but the biggest surprise for Grace is discovering who arranged and paid for the vacation. Carrie Ann wasn't just Grace's foster sister. Clever, pretty, and mercurial, she was her best friend - until everything went terribly wrong. Now, as she flees an abusive marriage, Carrie Ann has turned to the one person she hopes will come through for her.