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The year of the buffalo never ends
Javier Pérez Andújar’s latest novel, El año del Búfalo [The Year of the Buffalo], is an astronomical novel because it is the work of someone who has...
Two (hidden) artists behind a machine
The extraordinary work and cultural life of Ricard Giralt Miracle and Enric Tormo take centre stage in two books that recognise their contributions as...
A mask is just as human as a face
La màscara no menteix mai [The Mask Never Lies], the exhibition at the CCCB curated by Servando Rocha and Jordi Costa, displays an exhaustive...
The history of cinema made by women
The book Un trajecte pels feminismes fílmics [A journey through feminisms in film], by Marta Selva and Anna Solà, marks the 30th anniversary of the...
A triptych without a name or a full stop
Mamut completes the trilogy of novels written by Eva Baltasar, following Permagel (Club Editor, 2018, published in English as Permafrost by And Other Stories...
Antonio Machado in Barcelona
Barcelona meant a lot to Antonio Machado, who arrived in the city in April 1938 with some family members. Testimony to those days lie in his numerous contentious...
The terrestrial substrate of Francesc Serés
In La casa de foc [The House of Fire], Francesc Serés immerses us in the landscape of La Garrotxa, an antediluvian and terrestrial setting that plays host to...
“When they hurt me, I didn’t turn the other cheek”
Luis Cabrera
Thanks to his tenacity, his personal rebelliousness and his untameable nature, Luis Cabrera (Arbuniel, Jaén, 1954) has been weaving an abundantly rich life story that...
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