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NEW TITLES ADULT FICTION AND NON-FICTION TOP TITLE ALFAGUARA 2020 YAS (Alfaguara) Eduardo de los Santos DEBUT LITERARY NOVEL “In a few decades, those of us who lived through it will say it was the emptiest Tuesday morning that my generation remembers.” ©Monique Nica ... Yas is the title of the perfect song. It is the nickna- me of Tania, the shy, young trumpeter and singer whom almost all of the characters in this book seem eager to track down. And it is a simplified spelling of jazz. Yas is a word with just three letters but many meanings. This de- Eduardo de los Santos (Madrid, 1992) has a degree in Philo- but novel recounts the sleepless night of Manu, a young sophy and also studied Spanish Lan- bookseller and journalist who wanders across a deserted guage and Literature. He has worked early morning Madrid, seeking out or evoking everyone as a bookseller in Madrid since 2014, associated with a lost love, while his current partner, Ire- has won numerous prizes for short ne, wakes up alone in an empty house. The book echoes stories, and his work has appeared with music, with footsteps in the darkness, with readings that pulse behind this text in several anthologies. His writing of breathtakingly unexpected maturity. And there is also the sound of doors opening has also been published in the ma- and closing, in nightclubs or in distant houses, where Yas or jazz might be hiding. gazines Escritura e imagen, Suralia, Ámbito Cultural, Zenda (with a pri- zewinning short story) and Eñe (as shortlisted entry for Cosecha Eñe 2018). He contributes to Oculta Lit. and Drugstore Magazine. During 2017–18 he was part of the 16th Fun- “Yas is one of those rare novels —and this also happens with some songs— that dación Antonio Gala Residence for make you want both to stay and live inside them, and to leave them to go outside Young Creative Artists in Córdoba, and discover if the life of which they speak really exists. It accepts all the risks of where he wrote his first novel. rewriting Bolaño and offers the Chilean a posthumous gift: a school, or the possibili- ty of a school. Yas is a Savage Detectives for Madrid, one in which literary references —thankfully— are scarce, giving way instead to musical ones or, rather, references to jazz […]. This is an intelligent, well-structured text that will resonate differently with each reader: and some, if they are lucky, will even hear a blue note or an unforgettable dissonance.” Munir Hachemi 2nd EDITION PUBLICATION DATE 23 JANUARY 2020 1 HASTA NUNCA, PETER PAN (Espasa) (See you never, Peter Pan) Nando López NOVEL ©Lourdes Cabrera ©Lourdes For readers who are 40 years old now, this book will be like the TV series Friends when they were 20. ... David has reached that moment in his life when all he has are doubts: he doesn’t know if what he does is really satisfying, he’s not on Nando López (1977) Is a novelist and playwright, and has a doc- the same wavelength as his girlfriend, and he torate in Spanish Language and Literature. Critics doesn’t feel particularly comfortable around his have identified him as “one of the outstanding friends, either. The typical problems of any ado- voices of his generation” (ABC Cultural), he was lescent. With the minor detail that he is forty-two shortlisted for the Nadal Prize 2010 with La edad years old, not fifteen. When his sister, Bea, asks de la ira [The Age of Fury] (Booket Planeta), a no- him to take care of his nephew, Unai, for a few vel that has become a touchstone for teachers, pa- rents and students, with its fearless portrayal of the weeks, he is convinced it’s a terrible idea. And reality of Spain’s school system in the 21st century. not just because he doesn’t know this young person with all his secrets. Or because he hates sharing his space, his Central Perk mugs and and his VHS His novels “address many of the big issues facing tapes from the 1990s. But because, after years of working in the cinema with our society” (Revista Leer), and include titles such almost no recognition and even less success, he is finally about to participa- as Cuando todo era fácil [When it Was All Easy] te in a major project and on the verge, or so he claims, of making a movie (Tres Hermanas Ediciones), El sonido de los cuer- of his own. pos [The Sound of Our Bodies] (Editorial Dos Bi- gotes), Las vidas que inventamos [The Lives We Invent] (Espasa) and La inmortalidad del cangrejo A novel about the tales we tell ourselves and the stories we don’t dare [The Immortality of the Crab] (Baile del sol). He has to live. also contributed to collections of short stories, in- cluding Lo que no se dice [The Things We Don’t Say] and El cielo en movimiento [The Heavens in Movement]. In addition, he has written a number of books that have been hugely successful with young adult “A paragon of unstoppable creativity: novels, short stories, theatre adap- readers, such as El reino de las Tres Lunas [The tations of work by foreign authors, his own plays and versions of classical Kingdom of the Three Moons] and the transmedia Spanish dramas. His talent opens unexpected doors and paves the way for novel Los nombres del fuego [The Names of Fire], new creative possibilities.” both published by Loqueleo (Santillana) and with multiple editions in both Spain and Mexico. Since CULTURAMAS 2016 he has edited and written the introductions to the collection Clásicos en el tiempo [Classics “An author who is as multi-talented as he is enthusiastic. His models ad- through time], designed to encourage young peo- dress many of the major problems of our society.” ple to read some of the classic works of Spanish QUÉ LEER literature. “The literature of Nando López connects with his readers because he is As a playwright, he has authored more than twen- engaged, he has the ability to explore emotions, and the capacity to move ty pieces, both in Spain and abroad. These inclu- de #malditos16 [#cursed16] (co-production with us with apparently everyday stories.” Spain’s National Theatre Centre, and performed at Inma Chacón Teatro María Guerrero), Las grietas del mar [The Cracks in the Sea] (monologue included in the collective production, Home, produced by Teatro Español), Los amores diversos [Different Loves], Tour de force, Cuando fuimos dos [When There Were Two of Us], De mutuo desacuerdo [By Mu- tual Disagreement](premiered simultaneously in Spain, Panama and Venezuela), and La edad de PUBLICATION DATE la ira [The Age of Fury], freely adapted from his own novel of the same name. He has also written 3 MARCH 2020 and adapted a number of classics, including Las harpías en Madrid [The Harpies in Madrid], (39th Almagro International Theatre Festival), Yerma (2015), by Lorca (winner of the Helen Hayes Prize 2015 for Best Theatre Show) and Don Juan Tenorio (2017), by José Zorrilla, both premiered at the Gala Theatre, Washington. 2 EL ACCIDENTE DE LAUREN MARSH (Plaza & Janés) (Lauren Marsh´s accident) Guillem Morales THRILLER What is the threat that hangs over the inhabi- tants of “Century Europa” housing development? ... Lauren Marsh goes out for her daily run, and falls into a poorly signposted hole that is the result of the road- Guillem Morales works on the “Century Europa” estate, where she lives. writes and directs for both cinema Fortunately, her injury is not life-threatening, but Cédric, and television. He received a Goya the insurance inspector in charge of the investigation, nomination for best new director discovers signs that the mishap may not have been en- for his acclaimed first movie, The tirely accidental. From that moment on, both will find Uninvited Guest, and his second themselves caught up in a mystery, where nothing is qui- feature-length film, Julia’s Eyes, sta- rring Belén Rueda, was a box office te what it seems: bloody events, residents with closely hit and was widely praised by critics. guarded secrets, and a hidden truth from which it is impossible to escape unharmed. Following this success, he moved to The accidents at “Century Europa” have only just begun. Leaving home can be a London, where he directed several deadly mistake. episodes of the BBC TV series, Inside No. 9, for which he received a BAFTA El accidente de Lauren Marsh (Lauren Marsh’s accident), the first novel by film nomination. He was responsible for director and screenwriter Guillem Morales, is a reflection on loneliness, guilt and the BBC adaptation of Evelyn Wau- isolation in a large city, presented in the form of a breathtaking thriller, with an intri- gh’s classic novel, Decline and Fall, and for the international hit, The Mi- cate plot and a twist at the end that will surprise even the most seasoned of readers. niaturist, based on the novel of the same name, by Jessie Burton. He also directed the television adaptation of La templanza, Amazon’s first produc- tion in Spain, and his version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, staged at the National Theatre of Catalunya, had a PUBLICATION DATE sell-out run. El accidente de Lauren 13 FEBRUARY 2020 Marsh is his first novel. 3 MALASANGRE (Anagrama) Michelle Roche Rodríguez LITERARY NOVEL A vampire story that combines violence and eroti- cism, set in 1920s Venezuela. ©Emilio Kabchi Venezuela, 1921. Diana, the fourteen-year-old dau- ghter of a nouveau riche family in Caracas, discovers she has inherited the condition of haematophagia from her father, a moneylender and landowner who owes his posi- tion to his ties to the country’s ruling dictator.