A new novel from a Spanish literary star about the arrival of feral children to a tropical city in Argentina, and the quest to stop them from pulling the place into chaos. San Cristóbal was an unremarkable city—small, newly prosperous, contained by rain forest and river. But then the children arrived. No one knew where they came from: thirty-two kids, seemingly born of the jungle, speaking an unknown language. At first they scavenged, stealing food and money and absconding to the trees. But their transgressions escalated to violence, and then the city’s own children began defecting to join them. Facing complete collapse, municipal forces embark on a hunt to find the kids before the city falls into irreparable chaos. Narrated by the social worker who led the hunt, A Luminous Republic is a suspenseful, anguished fable that “could be read as Lord of the Flies seen from the other side, but that would rob Barba of the profound originality of his world” (Juan Gabriel Vásquez).

A Luminous Republic

Literature & Fiction

Barba, Andrés

United States

HarperVia

Such Small Hands

Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andrés Barba has done it with the terrifying Such Small Hands.”Edmund WhiteLife changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic, lyrical prose, alternating between Marina’s perspective and the choral we of the other girls, Such Small Hands evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance.

Portobello Books

“Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andrés Barba has done it with the terrifying Such Small Hands.”—Edmund White\nIt was once a happy city; we were once happy girls. . . . Life changes at the orphanage the day Marina shows up. As she tries to find her place, she creates a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. In hypnotic, lyrical prose, Andrés Barba evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance—a masterwork from the Spanish writer at the peak of his powers.

Literary

Portobello Books Ltd

Luminous Republic

Granta Books

One of the Guardian Best Books of 2017
Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andrés Barba has done it with the terrifying Such Small Hands.”Edmund White
Life changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic, lyrical prose, alternating between Marina’s perspective and the choral we of the other girls, Such Small Hands evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance.

Transit Books

Kirkus Best Books of 2018
"Barba is a master of the novella . . . A gorgeous, fully realized collection."—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
Nothing is simple for the men and women in Andrés Barba's stories. As they go about their lives, they are each tested by a single, destructive obsession. A runner puts his marriage at risk while training for a marathon; a teenager can no longer stand the sight of meat following her parents' divorce; a man suddenly fixates on the age difference between him and his younger male lover. In four tightly wound novellas, Andrés Barba establishes himself as a master of the form.
Andrés Barba is the one the most lauded contemporary Spanish writers. He is the author of twelve books, including August, October and Rain Over Madrid. In addition to literary fiction, he has written essays, poems, books of photography, and translations of Thomas De Quincey and Herman Melville. His books have been translated into ten languages.
Lisa Dillman won the 2016 Best Translated Book Award for her translation of Yuri Herrera's Signs Preceding the End of the World. She translates from Spanish and Catalan and teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University.

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Peri Rossi, Cristina

Cebrián, Mercedes

Margarit, Joan

Merino, Ana

CASTRO, LUISA

Clark, Ben

Adón, Pilar

Pérez López, María Ángeles

Néstore, Ángelo

García Valdés, Olvido

LANSEROS, RAQUEL

Gamoneda, Antonio

Moreno, Lara

Rossetti, Ana

Batres, Izara

Astur, Manuel

Caballero Bonald, José Manuel

Juaristi, Jon

Díaz-Pimienta, Alexis

Brines, Francisco

García Faet, Berta

Conejero, Alberto

Novo, Olga

Salas, Ada

Peyrou, Mariano

Lucas, Antonio

Sanz, María

Campos, Joaquín

Lostalé, Javier

González Rossi, Aida

Linares, Abelardo

Cid, Alba

Santamaría, Alberto

Oseguera, Ale

Simón Partal, Alejandro

Brezmes, Alfonso

García Núñez, Alicia

Guzmán, Almudena

Bautista, Amalia

Iglesias Serna, Amalia

Castro, Ana

Gorría, Ana

Pérez Cañamares, Ana

Vidal Egea, Ana

Sudón, Andrés

Segovia, Ángela

Serna, Ángela

Martí, Arturo

Luque, Aurora

Asensio, Carlos

Camacho, Carmen

Molina, Constantino

Sarrión, David

Escoffet, Eduard

Marínez, Erika

Espinosa, Estíbaliz

Escarpa, Gonzalo

Hermo, Gonzalo

Larretxea, Hasier

Ge, Jesús

Klimt, Annita

Ferrando, Bartolomé

Altaió, Gerard

Vega, Gustavo

Interventaria

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Cardosa, Juan

Moranta, Manuel

Carver, Mara

Carrió, Pep

Proyecto Genoma Poético

Blasco, Susana

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Pérez Azaústre, Joaquín

García, José Daniel

Parra, Josefa

Pedrals, Josep

Mestre, Juan Carlos

Aguilar, Juan Domingo

Rivero, Juan F.

Gallego Benot, Juan

Maqués, Juan

Piera, Julia

Valero, Julieta

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Murua, Kepa

López, Lara

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Trampa Ediciones

Una adolescente y casi mefistofelica anorexica, un corredor de maraton obsesionado con su carrera, una mujer que contempla la decrepitud de su madre y un viejo amante homosexual son los protagonistas de las cuatro nouvelles que componen este libro, cuatro historias unidas por la incomunicacion, el miedo a relacionarse con los otros y a ser rechazados por la persona amada. Cuatro textos que confirman plenamente las expectativas creadas por el autor con su anterior libro. / Nothing is simple for the men and women in Andrés Barba's stories. As they go about their lives, they are each tested by a single, destructive obsession. A runner puts his marriage at risk while training for a marathon; a teenager can no longer stand the sight of meat following her parents' divorce; a man suddenly fixates on the age difference between him and his younger male lover. In four tightly wound novellas, Andrés Barba establishes himself as a master of the form.

La recta intención (Spanish Edition)

Editorial Anagrama

Las manos pequeñas

Genre Fiction

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