The biography of Benigno Pendas maps the mythology of the politician and writer in history and confirms that there was indeed enlightenment in Spain and it was due to minds like his
Elvira Dones, Albanian-born writer in the Italian language, describes the conflict of the former Yugoslavia through three women
The authors of this enlightening essay narrate how the South African businessman, a modern genius but a genius of evil leaning towards the racist far right, seeks to colonize the State and put it at his service
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, who took Tenochtitlán with Hernán Cortes, wrote a classic chronicle in which he gave his version of the conquest. It is now published adapted and in modern Spanish
Andrés Martínez Lorca masterfully claims the Cordoban thinker with narrative skill, philosophical rigor, and deep historical knowledge on his 900th anniversary and in times of denial of the Muslim legacy
When only a few days remain for the books to arrive at the stalls in Retiro Park, 16 literary bookstores from all over Spain recommend new releases and reissues: from narrative in Spanish and other languages to essays on history or economics, from poetry or comics to biography, among other genres
The critics of ‘Babelia’ review the new works of Alice Rivaz, David B., David Toscana, Martín Kohan, Pascal Bruckner, and Peio H. Riaño
Critics, journalists, and contributors of EL PAÍS select volumes for all tastes: from the return of Julian Barnes or Manuel Longares to the experiences of Lea Ypi or Marta Jiménez Serrano, from essays to understand the disorder of the world to meditations on the contemporary subject