The six books of the week

The six books of the week
The six books of the week

Throw Your Bread

Alice Rivaz

Translation by Regina López Muñoz. Errata Naturae, 2026. 264 pages. 23.50 euros

The Swiss writer offers a superb exercise in introspective literature: a woman mentally navigates the failure of her relationships, the loss of youth, and the frustration of her artistic impulses.

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> Read Marta Sanz’s review here

The six books of the week

Mr. Owl and the Land of the Dead

David B.

Translation by Julia C. Gómez. Salamandra Graphic, 2026. 264 pages. 27.96 euros

David B. turns Mr. Owl into a Virgil who accompanies a young woman afraid of her shadow on her descent to the afterlife.

> Read Álvaro Pons and Noelia Ibarra’s review here

The six books of the week

The Blind Army

David Toscana

Alfaguara, 2026. 229 pages, 19.19 euros

Mexican writer David Toscana, winner of the most recent Alfaguara Novel Prize, weaves a powerful story from the threads of an 11th-century anecdote that he transforms into a symbolic reading.

> Read Julio Núñez’s review here

The six books of the week

The Separation

Martín Kohan

Anagrama, 2026. 232 pages. 18.90 euros

In this novel, the intention to reproduce the “death” energy always generated by a separation is notable, but also the “life” energy.

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> Read Andrés Barba’s review here

The six books of the week

I Suffer, Therefore I Exist

Pascal Bruckner

Translation by María Belmonte Berrenechea. Siruela, 2026. 272 pages, 21.95 euros

Pascal Bruckner argues that the victim is the hero of our time. The philosopher approaches it from all possible angles until reaching the present, where he detects a rise in victimhood exemplified in autofiction.

> Read Juan Carlos Galindo’s review here

The six books of the week

Marquise. The Greatest Art Theft in the History of Spain

Peio H. Riaño

Antonio Machado Libros, 2026. 278 pages. 18.90 euros

The author reconstructs how an impostor appropriated hundreds of artworks seized after the Civil War with just a fake business card.

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> Read Vicente G. Olaya’s review here

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