The Barcelona writer tells Leticia Sala that summer doesn’t change the way you relate to books the rest of the year. “Personally, having a little girl, I couldn’t say that I read more these months. Regardless of the time of year, I read when she sleeps: during her naps and in the time between when she goes to bed and when I go to bed,” she introduces.
However, the also prescriber on social networks – and author of a weekly newsletter where she shares her reflections – does appreciate a significant difference, in relation to the mental framework, regarding the arrival of the heat. “Summer is a time of high expectations. We ask Him to bring us happiness, calm, joy…etc. For this reason, the book that accompanies us during these months usually stays much longer in our memory than those that you read, for example, on an autumn afternoon. In this sense, I don’t know if because she always publishes in the summer or because the works of the American Elizabeth Strout “They are my favorites for vacations, a time when I like to opt for that unique mix of depth and lightness,” the author of Macy’s Swans (Reservoir Books, 2023), In Real Life (Simon & Schuster, 2020) and Scrolling After Sex (Terranova, 2018). Below are the titles that will travel with it in the coming weeks.
‘You Will Inherit the Earth’ (Sixth Floor), by Jane Smiley
Cover of ‘You will inherit the earth’ (2023 edition).Sixth floor
