Bridging the divide between those who study translation and those who produce translations, through essays written by well-known translators talking about their own work as creative literary practice, this book aims at giving voice to silent translators and in so doing to move the attention back to the act of translating.
One of the best-loved Spanish novels of all time, The Three-Cornered Hat is a tale of lust, intrigue and corrupt authorities set in eighteenth-century Andalusia.
Havana, 2003, 14 since Mario Conde retired from the police force and much has changed in Cuba. He makes a living trading in antique books bought from families selling off their libraries in order to survive. In the house of Alcides de Montes de Oca, a rich Cuban who fled after the fall of Batista, Conde discovers an extraordinary book collection.
Aims to bridge the divide between those who study translation and those who produce translations, through essays written by well-known translators talking about their own work as distinctive creative literary practice.
Lluis Font discovers a portrait of his wife in an exhibition that leads him to conclude he is being cuckolded by the artist. Concerned only about the potential political fallout, he hires twins Eduard and Pep, private detectives with a supposed knack for helping the wealthy with their 'dirty laundry'.
A brutally mutilated body is discovered washed up in the bay of Havana. The body of Miguel Forcade Mier, head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a dull knife. Forcade, once an official in the Cuban government responsible for the confiscation of the belongings of the bourgeoisie fleeing the revolution, was an exile in Miami.
A body is found in a Havana park. A young transvestite dressed in a beautiful red evening dress, strangled. The victim had fled his family, finding refuge with Marques, an author living alone surrounded only by books, his house in ruins.
Taking in sixteenth-century wizardry, court politics, the modern shipping industry, the cinematic version of The Invisible Man and personal letters and family photographs, this novel offers a testament to man's insatiable desire for knowledge.
Twenty-four year old Lissette Delgado was beaten, raped, and then strangled with a towel. Marijuana is found in her apartment and her wardrobe is suspiciously beyond the means of a high school teacher. This novel presents a eulogy of Cuba, its life of music, sex and the great friendships of those who elected to stay and fight for survival.
A satirical romp and suspenseful crime novel set in the literary world of Barcelona.
Narcis Serra, former Spanish Minister of Defence, explains the process and conditions necessary for successful democratic military reform.