We have been talking to you about books for all these weeks, but if it is not enough, don’t worry, we have more. That is the good thing about our country: many writers and many publishers, almost every time new books arrive in the bookstores – excuse the redundancy -, by national and international authors. For the literary novelties of August we have made an interesting compendium of books of all kinds. Architecture, crime fiction, texts by a well-known film director… Diverse and interesting books that will be on the shelves of bookstores throughout the month of August.
August’s literary novelties: books for your suitcase
‘The time of the beasts’, Victor del Arbol
Víctor del Árbol was a police officer until he decided to study History and become a novelist. Since then he has published several books and has received numerous awards, including the 2006 Tiflos Novel Prize, Grand Prix for Detective Literature in 2016… To name a few. And In 2018 he was named a Knight of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.
The book, which is coming out in the August literary releases, is said to be the most authentic crime novel of our time. “A policeman on the verge of retirement is exiled by his family to the peaceful Lanzarote, where he must spend the last years of his career. What he cannot imagine, neither he nor anyone else, is that the investigation into the case of the hit-and-run of a nineteen-year-old girl from the East will uncover a plot of crime and power in several European cities,” the publisher explains. The rest, you will have to find out by reading.
‘Jose Luis Picardo. Notes on the Parador of Sigüenza’, Jose Antonio Herce Ines and Maria Jose Rodriguez Perez
Why not choose an architecture book from among the new literary releases of August? It will be published at the end of the month José Luis Picardo. Notes on the Parador of Sigüenzaby architect José Antonio Herce Inés, until recently President of the College of Architects of Guadalajara, and Maria Jose Rodriguez PerezPhD in Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Heritage.
Sigüenza is one of the most beautiful towns in the Alcarria region, due to its architecture and history, it is always on the list of the most beautiful towns in our country… It is worth learning more about its streets and buildings. This book is an analytical and study journey into the historical heritage of the Parador de Sigüenza, carried out by the architect José Luis Picardo.
‘I write you a letter in my head’, Isabel Coixet
The latest of filmmaker Isabel Coixet’s books is a good read to pack in your suitcase. The title? I write you a letter in my head, literary chronicle book that comes from the publishing house Círculo de Tiza, always with interesting titles.
A reflection of those first thoughts she had at the age of three, in which she realized that there was a connection between the screen and life. It was clear that she would become a film director. All the texts that are part of this book emerge from those first thoughts. «From them Coixet shares her search for singularity – sometimes called beauty – and finds it in the seemingly most ordinary things: a good meal, the coffees she has been waiting for, her love of glasses, Greta Garbo’s pink dress, or the rain, which is no longer like it used to be. they say from the publishing house.
‘All those seas’, Laia Aguilar
From the Destino publishing house, at the end of August, comes All those seas, of Laia Aguilar. The novel is set on the magical island of Formentera and features three generations of protagonists. Greta, the main character, loses her little sister, without much explanation. Some time later, she returns to take care of her grandmother and is reunited with her mother, whom she has not seen since childhood.
Greta not only reunites with her grandmother and herself, but also with Max, one of those friends she left behind when she was little. “Induced by the Formentera legends her grandmother tells her, Greta will travel to her past to find a new meaning to what happened long ago. The publisher explains: A good book to end the summer in a hammock on the island of Formentera.
