Labyrinth
Mexico City / 02/09/2024 17:55:01
An exciting football story; tree adventures; a Japanese library that literally changes lives; a classic detective; an analysis of capitalism; the political genesis of the Middle East… know the books he recommends Labyrinth this week.
It was not criminal
Pepe is risking his team’s survival with a draw and fears that a former teammate, Valeriano, who was taken away from the field by a misfortune, will have a bad influence now that he directs the VAR. The ball rolls until, near the end, with the score 0-0, the referee calls a penalty against Pepe’s team. What truth will prevail. Was it or wasn’t it? With theatrical breath, this short story in two voices, two opposing monologues, brings back a Juan Villoro in love with football.
Juan Villoro | Almadia | Mexico, 2023 | 97 pages expand
The Tree Tribe
After his illuminating essays on the plant kingdom, the Italian botanist has emigrated to fiction without leaving behind the scientific perspective. The trees take the floor following their individual impulses to alert the human species about their common concerns: water pollution, climate change, fires, deforestation. In addition to an instructive purpose, Mancuso also expresses an interest in adventure.
Stefano Mancuso | Gutenberg Galaxy | Spain, 2023 | 193 pages expand
The Library of New Beginnings
A shop assistant, an accountant, an editor, an unemployed man and a retiree watch how their lives change after they follow the recommendations of a librarian, a woman who has the gift of divining other people’s desires. The content of the books seems to come to life and objectively change the destiny of their owners. The transparent style, of immediate appreciation, not only helps you get carried away with each of the stories but also helps you get to know many figures of Japanese literature.
Michiko Aoyama | Planet | Mexico, 2023 | 301 pages broad
Study in scarlet
The Sherlock Holmes Collection arrives with all the cases of the famous detective. With A Study in Scarlet begin his adventures and collaboration with his inseparable companion, the doctor John Watson (remember that Holmes was a chemist by profession). Conan Doyle’s fame grew when Holmes’ adventures began to be published in the magazine The Strand; His Victorian design has served as inspiration for this collection. The illustrations are by Richard Gutschmidt.
Arthur Conan Doyle | RBA | Spain, 2023 | 264 pages expand
The crisis of democratic capitalism
Why do the voices of those who, both from the left and the right, proliferate who maintain that liberal democracy would work better without capitalism or that capitalism would fare better without democracy? Wolf analyzes this crisis with the certainty that democratic capitalism is the only system that can offer freedom and well-being. The diagnosis does not miss the populist wave that is spreading throughout the world and the globalizing drive of the market.
Martin Wolf | Ariel | Mexico, 2024 | 496 pages expand
The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the Middle East
The end of the First World War brought a radical change to the map of Europe. The most immediate consequence was the dismemberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the appearance of countries following principles of nationality. No less important was the extinction of the Ottoman Empire, whose main effects fell on what is today known as the Middle East. In this volume, the participants study various aspects of this phenomenon.
Carlos Martínez Assad (coordinator). | Bonilla Artigas Editors | Mexico, 2023 | 256 pages expand Read more:
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