A gritty noir set in Barcelona's savage underbelly. Epi Dalmau is a desperate man. Early one morning, he carries a duffle bag into a dingy bar in a rough neighborhood of Barcelona. Four other people are in the bar: his brother Alex, his good friend Tanveer, the bartender, and a Pakistani man who wandered in to use the restroom. Epi grabs a hammer out of his duffle bag and attacks Tanveer. After a brief struggle and a couple of blows, Tanveer lies dead on the floor and Epi flees the bar. Alex and the bartender plan to find and protect Epi, while blaming the murder on the unfortunate Pakistani man, who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Meanwhile, Epi is hunting for Tiffany, the woman of his dreams and the reason behind the murder. What he'll do when he finds her, and what drove him to brutal violence are the subjects of Carlos Zanón's gritty, unflinching novel, set in a city tourists never see. The Barcelona Brothers is a hard look at what people are capable of when they have no other options, and a portrait of a modern, multicultural Barcelona.

The Barcelona Brothers

Literature & Fiction

Zanón, Carlos

Genre Fiction

Other Press

A slighted wife escapes her wealthy family for the evening and stumbles into the city’s red-light district… The head of security at Barcelona’s container port searches for a figure that only he has seen sneak in… An elderly woman brings home a machine that will turn her body into atoms, so she can leave behind a city that is no longer recognisable… Historically, Barcelona is a city of resistance and independence; a focal point for Catalan identity, as well as the capital of Spanish republicanism. Nestled between the Mediterranean coast and mountains, this burgeoning city has also been home to some of the greatest names in modern art and architecture, and attracts visitors and migrants from all over the world. As a result, the city is a melting-pot of cultures, and the stories gathered here offer a miscellany of form and genre, fittingly reminiscent of one of Gaudi’s mosaics. From the boy-giant outgrowing his cramped flat on the city’s outskirts, to the love affair that begins in a launderette, we meet characters who are reclaiming the independence of their city by challenging common misconceptions and telling its myriad truths.

The Book of Barcelona: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City)

Puntí, Jordi

Orriols, Marta

Torné, Gonzalo

Moliner, Empar

Gurt, Carlota

Ramis, Llucia

Bagunyà, Borja

Nopca, Jordi

Guillén, Francesc Serés

Comma Press

J'ai été Johnny Thunders

Tarde, mal y nunca / Late, Wrong and Never (Spanish Edition)

Salamandra

Barcelona (Colección Máxima) (Spanish Edition)

Travel

Europe

Tintablanca

Tenemos que hablar», le dice Lola, su mujer, a la hora del desayuno. El le responde que lo harán por la noche, a su vuelta del trabajo. Sandino es un taxista triste, melancólico y mujeriego que hará todo lo que pueda por no regresar a casa, ante el temor de que Lola quiera dejarlo. No sabe si desea que eso suceda, ni si le gusta ser taxista, ni tampoco si sabe querer a alguien o si es que todo consiste en rodar de un extremo al otro como bolas de billar. / We have to talk, says Lola, his wife, during breakfast. He replies that they will later, when hes back from work. Sandino is a sad cab driver, melancholic, and a womanizer, who will do anything in his power in order not to go home and face Lola, afraid shell leave him. He doesnt know if he wishes for that to happen, or if he likes being a cabbie, or even if he knows what loving someone is or if its all about rolling from one end to the other like pool balls.

Taxi (Spanish Edition)

Literary

Taxi/(Spanish Edition)

Dramas & Plays

Salamandra Bolsillo

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