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Much more than theater: Jacinto Benavente


Coming to the world, a August 12, 1866, in the convulsive Madrid of the time, it was difficult to predict that this child, the youngest of the three children of the renowned pediatrician Mariano Benavente, would end up being the second Spaniard to get a Nobel Prize for Literature.

It was in 1922. A few years earlier, in 1904, José Echegaray had been the first to achieve it. The history of literature, not always fair, has engulfed many authors, and Echegaray has been relegated, despite the award, to the background. Fortunately, this has not been the case with Benavente Hyacinth, that son of a doctor who wrote for the theater some of his best lines.

Benavente studied law at the Central University of Madrid, fulfilling his father's wishes, although, upon his death, he abandoned them to devote himself to travel -especially for France and Russia- and, above all, he began to unleash his great passion: Literature.

For some time, however, it was circus businessman and, even, it has been written that at that time he drank the winds by an English trapeze artist named Bella Geraldine – the biographies of many well-known characters almost always include some surprising chapter.

His first works were a book of poems, Verses, a storybook, Villains, and a work of criticism, Women's Letters, all published in 1893. Four years later, he premiered his first play, The alien nestwhich was critically beaten. In fact, only Azorin He valued her.

This rugged debut in the theater convinced Benavente that the situation of the Spanish scene of the time advised to lean towards works closer to the taste of the general public instead of committing to a style, perhaps more demanding, but inevitably minority and misunderstood.

The great contribution of Benavente Hyacinth is that, despite everything, he was able to modernize the theater that was being made in Spain. Names like D’Annunzio, Wilde, Ibsen and Bernard Shaw, they triumphed on the stages of middle Europe, and their gateway to the peninsula was through their influences on the works of the Madrid author.

His theater transpires variety, it is a complete gallery of human types. He addressed almost every genre: tragedy, comedy, drama, sainete. And he also dared with all kinds of environments: the rural and the urban, the commoner and the aristocrat.

All of them described from a sharp social satire, with lively and dynamic dialogues. Works like Saturday night (1903), scenic novel impregnated with poetry; The vested interests (1907), skillful combination of satire and humor; o Señora ama (1908) and La malquerida (1913), both rural drama, are just some examples of her ability to jump from one style to another.

With barely thirty years he was already a known author and, after fighting with Valle-Inclán, Another of the greats of the Spanish theater of the time, in the Café Madrid gathering, formed his own in the English Brewery of the Carrera de San Jerónimo.

Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, he also got into politics – he occupied a seat in the Congress of Deputies in 1918 – and in 1933 he was co-founder of the Association of Friends of the Soviet Union.

Man of strong and controversial personality, he was able to ingratiate himself with the Popular Front Government during the Civil war, which honored him several times. And, precisely because of this, after the Franco victory, his proximity to the Republican side during the armed confrontation led him to be observed with magnifying glass by the dictatorship.

It even went so far as to allow the staging of his works but without indicating that they were his. He simply became "the author of La Malquerida."

Over time, and after that Benavente It will be seen in the Plaza de Oriente in Madrid, in the great demonstration in favor of the 1947 regime, the Francoist authorities took a surprising turn to their vision of the Nobel Prize, which became "our preamble theater author." As he states Crispin, the protagonist of The vested interests, "in life more important than creating affections is creating interests"



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Tusquets Editores, 50 years of literary excellence


We are celebrating! Tusquets Editores celebrates 50 years. Half a century full of excellence, with a catalog composed of reference writers and undoubted literary quality. Among them we find Almudena Grandes, to Fernando Aramburu, to Haruki Murakami, to John Conolly, to Samuel Beckett, to Luis Landero, to Leonardo Padura, to Arthur Miller or to Milan Kundera. And the list continues with many more, all bright pen.

From PlanetadeLibros we want to celebrate these fantastic 50 years by sharing with our readers how were the beginnings of the emblematic Barcelona publishing house. Do you want to find out?

It all started in 1969, when Beatriz de Moura Y Oscar Tusquets They founded one of the most exquisite and effervescent publishers of the moment, seeking to accommodate small reference books that did not want to publish any label. Thus, in an apartment of 60 square meters and with an investment of 165,000 pesetas (about € 1,500), the first two Tusquets collections were born, Intimate Notebooks Y Marginal Notebooks.

Not everything has been a path of roses: just one year after opening, the publishing house was not going through a good economic time. But the generosity of a friend got him afloat. This friend was Gabriel Garcia Marquez, thanks to whom the publisher managed to stay. Gabo present Story of a castaway to the seal: an excellent 82-page journalistic report on the wreck of a ship in the Caribbean Sea. It was an immediate success, and it continues to this day. Since then, the Tusquets catalog has not stopped growing, with more than 3,000 titles and 300 authors. Homeland, Icy heart, Tokyo Blues, The lover… Magnificent titles that fill our shelves and that have formed us as readers.

And, what better than the first-person experience of a Tusquets author to know the ins and outs of the label? We leave you with this great text Leonardo Padura, about these shared years.

Congratulations, Tusquets!

Being a writer, from Tusquets, with Tusquets
LEONARDO PADURA

It was on January 13, 1996 when I received the first call from the two that changed my life as a writer and … almost all my life. With that first call they announce to me that, with three months of delay and after I consider myself lost, I was awarded the Café Gijón Novel Prize of 1995 for my work More expensive. Noooo …!

Two months later the other call came, the definitive one, the overweight one, the one that was never expected and that changed my professional life seriously. Who sought me from Spain was nothing more and nothing less than Mrs. Beatriz de Moura, the mythical founder of Tusquets Editores, who told me that, on the recommendation of two of the jurors of the Café Gijón Prize, it had been read More expensive and I was willing to edit my novel … if I agreed. Publish with Tusquets? The publishing house that published Milan Kundera, John Irving, Leonardo Sciascia, Jorge Semprún? What if I wanted … How the fuck he wasn't going to want!

In those moments of 1996 I had already decided to become a professional writer and had left my work in an important Cuban cultural magazine. I had four written novels, three of them starring my Mario Conde character, including More expensive, but I do not appear as an editor in the Cuba of the Special Period of the 1990s or in the entire planetary horizon, which for many writers is usually wide and too foreign. And Beatriz asked me if I wanted to!

Another three months later, accompanied by my eternal Lucia, I entered the house on Iradier Street in Barcelona where the offices of the prestigious publishing house were then and I had my first conversations with Antonio López Lamadrid and with Beatriz de Moura, the drivers of one of the most notable editorial projects in Spanish language of these last fifty years. And it was when I left those personal meetings, to see how they talked to me and treated me, what things they proposed to me, that Lucia, who sometimes speaks with sentences, as if she were a character from García Márquez, told me:

– Now you are a writer.

And I have been for twenty-three years with Tusquets and thanks to Tusquets. Since then this publishing house that has already published fourteen of my books, including novels, stories, essays and even screenplays, has been my home and my snail, my pedestal and my challenge. Accompanied by Tusquets I have done my writing career outside of Cuba and, in rebound, also in Cuba, I have done it in Spanish and translated into almost three dozen languages, assuming the challenge of belonging to a house in which the most important Value of your catalog is the quality of its authors and published works. Thanks to the editions and work of Tusquets agency, with Alejandra Segrelles, I have won awards that I never dreamed of touching in Spain, Mexico, France, Italy, Greece …

Because with Tusquets I have grown as a Writer. Working with its editors, from Beatriz herself to her current director Juan Cerezo, through the hands of professionals such as Ana Estevan, Josep Maria Ventosa and Cristina Sánchez, has been the best possible school for an author published by an editorial of excellence in that the Writer always aspires to bring to light the best novel that he is capable of achieving and not the easiest one to find. In which, when a work is discussed, only its projections and literary conditions are discussed, and never the annexes (political circumstances, market possibilities). An editorial in which they repeat to you that the important one is you, the Writer, until they make you believe it and act as such.

Having shared for almost three years almost half of the generous history of Tusquets Editores constitutes one of my literary pride and one of my great human rewards, it has been an essential part of my professional life and, as I said, almost all my life since those Initial months of 1996 when I received two strong phone calls and, as I always say, although I am an atheist, I was fortunate (and certified) that God's long finger touched my forehead.

Mantilla, May 28, 2019



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Minotaur news for September


Before the summer break, we are ready to inform you about the great Minotauro news planned for September.

One of the stars of the return to school will be Shadow Council, the second part of the thrilling trilogy Shadows of magic from V.E. Schwab The end of the saga will not be begged and will arrive in November, under the title Spell of Light.

They will also highlight the reissues of two great classics, included in two indispensable new collections:Martian Chronicles of Ray Bradbury (Essential Minotaur) and My tears flow, said the policeman by Philip K. Dick (Author Libraries). A careful selection, unified formats and updated cover designs will shape the respective identity of the two editorial lines.

Finally, the epic fantasy of the Warhammer Universe will be represented by Corax Y Blood Crucible.



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Comic Planet news for September


Surviving the summer heat, it's time to report on the September Comic Planet news. Star wars will warm up engines before the new Episode with a novel (The Empire Strikes Back) and three series (Star Wars, Darth Vader: Dark Lord Y Dr. Aphra).

The European comic will dress glamorously with Max, the 20s. It is a spin off in comic format, based on the main character of the novel The tango of the old guard by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The script is by Salva Rubio and the art by Rubén del Rincón.

A lot of great titles will fly from North America, in the hands of leading authors: The Walking Dead, Paper Girls, Saga, Crimson, Shock Anthology, Eleanor and the Egret…

Finally, the manga will soften "back to school" with collections of the size of Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, Boruto, Astro Boy or The Sword of the Immortal.

Departure dates (Comic USA, SW): 3/9

Departure dates (Manga): 17/9

More information here.



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Luz Gabás: «Readers are the fuel to get ahead»


Alira, heiress of the mansion and the lands that her family has preserved for generations, is torn between staying true to her origins or adapting to the new times. When he thinks he finds the answer to his doubts, a mysterious disappearance disturbs the apparent calm that reigned in the house, the only one inhabited in a small abandoned town. A wink of fate will force her to face her past and to question how much she had been immutable. From that moment on, she will begin to feel something she never thought she was prepared for: love.

This is the synopsis of The beat of the earth, the new novel of Gabás light, which will arrive in bookstores in September. In it, Gabás masterfully builds a story of passion, loyalty, intrigue and mixed feelings. From PlanetadeLibros we have had the opportunity to interview her and learn a little better about this expected new title.

After the success of his previous novels, what will we find in The beat of the earth? Do you follow the line of the previous ones or have you wanted to change your registry completely?

The beat of the earth It is a story of friendship, love and the passage of time. It is different from my other novels: in it there are nods to the detective novel and temporary disruptions, to create some restlessness in the reader.

It is a story about my generation and the transformations that the people who are part of it have had to experience. The only thing that coincides with my previous novels is that I have taken romanticism to the extreme.

Tell us about the protagonist, Alira.

Alira is a mature woman, heiress of a world that disappears. What I like most about her is that she is open to changes. You have to face a huge one after feeling divided between two worlds, but you will know how to choose the right path.

Alira manages to understand that true aging, both individually and in society, has nothing to do with the passage of time, but with the loss of illusion. And I love that he is able to get excited again, even though the world collapses around him.

«In this novel there are winks
to the detective novel and temporary disruptions,
to create some restlessness in the reader. »

Alira must face a series of decisions in the novel. Did you think about the plot before and then the character, or did you first define your personality and then endow it with a plot?

I thought it all at once. This plot needed a character like Alira. It did not arise: it was polished as the plot evolved. The first Alira of the first version of the book was a little more pessimistic, and the definitive one was the one that had to be the real one, much more positive, because after all I wanted this to be a positive novel. But, of course, character and plot cannot be separated. I thought it all at once, he was a character who was very clear from the start.

This novel talks about the importance of true love. What prominence does romantic love have in this story? Do you consider a romantic plot essential for a novel to be complete?

It is a love story. Not only of love for another person that complements your life and accompanies you in your walk, but of love for life in its broadest meaning. Love for your territory, for your past, for your being, for your environment … It is a novel that goes beyond the love of a couple.

As for whether it is essential that there is a romantic plot for a novel to be complete, it is true that I love reading and creating novels with such a plot, more than anything because it gives a lot of play: love and hate are great passions . As a reader, I am grateful that there is one, although it is neither necessary nor indispensable.

But, I insist: for me this novel is the most romantic of the four I've written. In it there is a point of rebellion, a criticism, in a way, to the system. There is a defense of the return to nature and there is love, yes; but with many more ingredients that make it a romantic novel.

We have been told that each chapter of the book is titled as a song and, if they are put together, they are related to each other. Tell us a little about this.

I wanted this to be a story about people of my generation: we grew up with music at all hours and now this is very normal; but years ago, in the 80s, no. There came a time when you always began to listen to music, especially very songs. I thought it would be a very nice wink to structure the novel into chapters whose titles were songs.

These songs have to do with the plot of each chapter and, together, they form a complete history of fusion between present and past. Is a playlist cane and with a lot rockeven heavy, which is a music that I like. I realized that in this way a chronological history of music was offered that extended the meaning of the novel, giving it another added reading.

Do you think that, today, the writer's profession is still undervalued or, on the contrary, is a figure that has more strength and recognition than ever?

This question worries me, because I do not consider or do not know if the figure of the writer has been underestimated. In my case, since childhood, I have always idealized it. I would rather say that the writer's perception is of someone with a special sensitivity. I believe that the profession is not undervalued and that the figure of the writer has always raised admiration and passions on the part of the people.

What are your three essentials in your writing routine?

My three essentials are:

1. Follow more or less the same schedule, always.

2. Use specific pens, of a specific color and brand. It is my great hobby.

3. Always have the table in a certain way.

Any specific background music?

No, I never work with music because I get confused. Except in this novel, which I had to listen to. But the listening has been in order to prepare the architecture of the novel, not during the writing. I do the latter very punctually if what I write has to do with a particular melody.

There is a defense of return
to nature and there is love;
but with many more ingredients than
They make it a romantic novel.

It has been through many firms, how is that meeting for the reader?

The truth is that it has been a discovery. I had the image that the writer is alone at home writing and then, by magic, comes to the shelves. I didn't know anything about the publishing world. I think the relationship with the reader is very important because it recharges your batteries.

There comes a time when you are so alone, after so many hours writing and turning your head, that you lose perspective or the meaning of what you are doing. And you think: and this, for what? Will someone interest you? Then, when you know that there are people who follow you and expect a new novel because you have moved them with your previous stories … Readers are the fuel to get ahead.

Would you like to explore new genres?

In this last novel I have explored a literary genre. It has cost me a lot and it has been very difficult for me, but I think I have found my voice, which will always be around historical and current issues that make me reflect and learn. Gender is given to me by each story. Depending on the plot it will be one genre or another, although I am open to everything.

We have read that he likes to reread classics (for example, Wuthering Heights) to see how your interpretation of the text evolves. Do you do the same with your books already published?

So far, what I have done with my previous novels is that when the final book arrives ready for sale, I feel, read it and enjoy it. And that's it I don't touch it again, unless I need it for a talk or to look for a specific appointment. I think it takes more perspective: when more years pass, I will read them to see if I still like them and to see if I would change something.

With other books that I have read, like the classics, I have done it after twenty years. I read to see if they keep touching the fiber. If they do, they become one of my life books. But with my own it is still a bit early.



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Remembering Antonio Machado


“Did you say half the truth? They will say that you lie twice
if you say the other half ”

Too many years since he left us Antonio Machado. The writer and poet, the youngest representative of the 98 generation, has left behind a prolific literary trail. Dedicating himself mainly to poetry, he did not cease to feel the terrain of prose and dramaturgy.

Born in Seville, at a very young age he moved with his family to Madrid, where he would be trained at the Free Institution of Education. A school that marked him for life, marking his intellectual and humanistic attitude. Regular to the bohemian life of the Spanish capital in his youth, he lived in different parts of the peninsula, until he lived in specific times in Paris.

“Those who are always back from everything are
those who have never gone anywhere. ”

Even so, one of the most remembered locations of his life (and of which he became a prodigal son), was Soria. There he met Leonor, 19 years younger than him, a love he got to marry. Although the link was fleeting due to the sudden death of the young woman from tuberculosis. This loss marked him deeply just when he had just published one of his best known works, Castile Fields.

“Whenever I deal with country men I think
in how much they know and we ignore,
and in what little it matters to them to know how much we know ”

Antonio Machado's birthday _poesias_completasTo consult all his poetic work, you should take a look at the volume Complete Poems. An edition by Manuel Alvar that brings together his work, not only the one published properly in books, but also the one he wrote during the Civil War or other texts that have been stratified in time. An essential reading for lovers of the author, to know his writing. To face the most portentous Machado.

“That two and two are necessarily four, is
An opinion that many of us share. But if someone
Sincerely think otherwise, say so. Not here
we are amazed at anything. ”

Of republican character, at the beginning of the Civil War he had to plan his exile to France in different sections. His journey left him indented, also for some of the losses he had along the way: to name one, his friend Lorca was killed. Juan Ramón Jiménez was the one who insisted to leave his homeland, next to a caravan of intellectuals. To learn more about these authors in such a specific military stage of the Spanish past, you can read the work of Ian Gibson, Four poets at war.

Antonio Machado's Birthday _cuatro_poetas_en_guerraIn this book, the Hispanic author, a native of Dublin, covers the lives of four Republican authors: Juan Ramón Jiménez, Federico García Lorca, Miguel Hernández and, of course, Antonio Machado. A quartet of intellectuals who meet in their tragic end for a cause.

“Death is something we should not fear
because, while we are, death is not
and when death is, we are not ”

Machado would die in France, after trying to escape the disaster. There a voice would be extinguished from which a clear echo comes to us.

Antonio Machado's Birthday _mi_primer_machadoTo prevent the disaster of the generations, the one that causes gaps to be opened between different ages, and that the little ones do not become familiar with great authors if it is not by chance or obligation during their education; we also propose the reading of My first Machado. A work illustrated by Oscar del Amo that brings together different poems of the author, so that children can have their first contact with this genre and with Machado.

A small tribute from PlanetadeLibros to this author and his work.



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10 books to enjoy the summer that you want


Summer. Everyone seems to be happy with summer. That if the weather is perfect and the days are long; that if it is the best time to have a refreshing cocktail on a virgin beach … It may even be the excuse to do nothing but sleep and see your friends day in and day out.

Yes, summer like it. However, we know that the summer idyll also has its bad things. If not, ask the poor person who has to go work; the one who travels in search of peace accompanied by a large family or one that is burned by heat with the broken air …

But there is no reason to fear! We introduce you 10 books to get out of step in these situations so characteristic of the summer season:

one. The daughters of the captain, of María Dueñas

You are lying in a hammock and there is no way to protect you from the sun that dazzles you. Well, hey, it will seem a bit rudimentary solution, but a good book can protect you from the sun.

And if that book is The daughters of the Captain, of María Dueñas, besides parasol will keep you in suspense until nightfall. This novel tells the story of three Spanish sisters who cross the pond to find their way in an epic and uncertain adventure. A tribute to all women who resist when the winds blow against.

two. The world in Moto with Charly Sinewan, by Carlos García Portal

This summer you have to work. You are squeezed and sweating in the subway with tourists on the right and left and you would give it all to get out of there.

Because with The world in Moto with Charly Sinewan, by Carlos García Portal, You are going to go around the world without leaving the car and, by the way, you will learn how to organize a motorcycle trip (including maps and motorcycle routes) for when those desired vacations arrive.

3. The trace of evil, by Manuel Ríos San Martín

You are on the plane and there is turbulence. A horrible trip awaits you and you die of fear. Well, fight against fear with more fear!

The trace of evil, by Manuel Ríos San Martín, is a thriller where a young man meets the body of a girl buried with ritual symbolism and … So far we can read. Of course, you will forget the turbulence and everything else; guaranteed.

4. Serie Again, by Mona Kasten

They have closed the pools and your teenage son wanders around the house without knowing what to do. Well, give it to him Serie Again, by Mona Kasten. It will be to start reading this juvenile novel, and will be hooked on a story full of adolescent messes and love that will break all the rules.

Maybe he likes it so much that he even takes it when they reopen the pool!

5. Sara and the goleadoras, by Laura Gallego and Laia López

Your child has already built the Chinese wall in the sand on the beach and he does not know what to do anymore. Leave him engrossed with Sara and the scorers, Laura Gallego and Laia Lopez.

This children's book talks about how a girl crazy about football and who is not allowed to play for being a girl creates her own team to try to show that they are capable of playing better than them. Will they get it?

6 How to make good things happen to you, by Marián Rojas

You have walked all day, seen a thousand things and are you can not even with your soul. Because you can not, you can not even hold a book. Are you sure? We propose you How to make good things happen to you, of Marián Rojas.

With the body relaxed and rested, it is time to activate your mind so that you learn to manage your emotions and have four tips for when you return to your routine. A personal growth book that will teach you to understand your brain and live a better life.

7 Eat real food, by Carlos Ríos

The holidays are over and you have let go a little more than you should. You know that soon you will return to the routine and it will be good to behave.

With Eat real food, by Carlos Ríos, you can make a list of everything you need to transform your food leaving the ultra-processed side. Practical advice, tricks and recipes so that the return is easier for you and your stomach.

8. A darker magic, from V.E. Schwab

Summer storm. There is no one who leaves the house. It's time to stay in bed listening to the sound of the rain and getting into the world of A darker magic nº1, of GO. Schwab.

Magic, parallel universes, contraband and many dangers; The recipe to disconnect completely!

9 Me, Julia, of Santiago Posteguillo

You've been sweating in the shade all day and the thing is burning. Well, since you are in high temperatures, we recommend Me, Julia, of Santiago Posteguillo, the Planeta de Novela Prize 2018.

A fire that devastates Rome will be an opportunity for five men to try to control the Roman Empire of 192 AD. Who will forge a dynasty and what will happen to Julia, emperor's wife?

10 Life, the great story, by Juan Luis Arsuaga

You are disconnecting everything and everyone and you wonder what you do here. Yes, here on Earth. Well, maybe Life, the great story, by Juan Luis Arsuaga, It helps you understand how life on earth began and how it evolved.

Surely this journey through our history will make your existential doubts know little compared to the reason of human existence.

Now yes, suitcase, sleeves and books and enjoy or beat the summer as you can. And if you have still been wanting more, Here you have all our literary recommendations so that this is the summer that YOU want! 😉



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Series and films based on books for this summer


There is a debate that has accompanied the human being since the beginning of time: when a story is told, Which is better, the book or the movie / series? Some defend swashcock that the book is the best friend of man (besides the dog, of course). His thesis is based on the fact that the pages of a book allow our imagination to fly and to do so for several days and nights.

On the other side of ring we have unconditional lovers of the audiovisual, who prefer the intensity in movement and flesh and blood of series and films.

The comparisons are hateful. We are of the opinion of what else gives which is better? Especially when you can enjoy both! With this intention we have created a list of films and series that were born thanks to our precious bedside table companions: the books. Double entertainment for this summer!

Series and films based on books for this summer - Millennium

Lets start by the beginning. While the sixth book of the famous Millenium saga is cooking, The girl who lived twice (in bookstores on August 27), we recommend that you watch and enjoy the fourth film of the saga – the first adaptation of the new books written by David Lagercrantz. What does not kill you makes you stronger will catch you in a network of spies, corruption and criminals of which, like the protagonists, it will not be easy for you to escape. In addition, we love Claire Foy in the role of the unmatched Lisbeth Salander!

Series and films based on libros_chicos_me_enamoréIn second position we present you To all the boys I fell in love with, the movie that caused a furore last summer and that, at the end of the year, will see the premiere of its second part . I still love you, based on the second book of the trilogy, written by Jenny Han

Meanwhile, this romantic film where Lara Jean, the protagonist, sees how her life jumps through the air when the letters she has written to her five lovers are sent by mistake; It will not leave you indifferent, almost like her.

Series and films based on books for this summer - Good omensGood Omens (Good omens) is the television miniseries that came out of a comedy considered a masterpiece, which bears the same name and is written in four hands by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

If you watch his six episodes, you will follow an angel and a demon who will try to avoid, whatever happens, the end of the world and the coming of the antichrist. Science fiction and laughter. And rains of toads. Has it all.

Series and films based on books for this summer - Afterdespues de the third, we have the fourth recommendation. That: Despues de. The great love story, discovery, sex and polar opposites that are attracted is a roller coaster that you can now enjoy on the big screen.

Tessa Young is the good girl and Hardin, the bad boy. The rest you can already imagine … Or not. In fact, once you finish with the movie, you can also go for the rest of the books in the literary series, written by Anna Todd

Series and films based on books for this summer - People who come and bah

The people who come and bah He has also made the leap to the big screen. Now you can enjoy this best-seller where Bea, the protagonist (Clara Lago), decides to flee in search of a little peace after losing her job and that her fiancé has become involved with another.

Task a bit impossible considering that his family is a bit eccentric and that the poor person brings chaos wherever he goes. But not everything is bad! There is hope, if you do not … Do not miss the book on which the film is based, written by Laura Norton

Series and films based on books for this summer - My name is violetWe also propose, in this case, a documentary. My name is Violeta comes to the root of the book My name is Violeta in which the case of a girl who until the age of five was treated as something that was not: a child is narrated.

A story that will make us reflect on gender diversity and help us understand their lives in the same way that Nacho Vidal and Franceska Jaimes, their parents, were made to understand.

Series and films based on books for this summer - The RomanovsIn this case, we will not talk about a series that has come out of a book, but we present the perfect complement. If you have read or want to read The Romanovs of Simon Segab Montefiore, a story that tells the exciting life and power of the Tsars in Russia, we recommend the new series of Neflix The last tsars.

As we said, it is not based on the book but it is the golden opportunity to put a face and eyes on the mythical family.

Series and films based on books_mindhunterOur sixth bet is Mindhunter. John Douglas He published his 25-year experience in the FBI studying the minds of murderers. In fact, it was he who coined the term serial killer. Last year they turned the book into a successful Netflix series. And on the 16th of August the second season opens!

Through his interrogations, Douglas will present personalities as obscure and indecipherable as Charles Manson or Edmund Kemper.

As extras, we told you about three series / movies that will be released soon …

Series and films based on libros_silencio_ciudad_blancaThe film version of The silence of the white city will finally be released on October 25. East thriller Hypnotic, directed by Daniel Calparsoro and starring Javier Rey, Belén Rueda and Aura Garrido, will undoubtedly be an entertainment worth seeing.

Meanwhile, do not miss the trilogy of books by Eva Garzía Saenz de Urturi. It's worth reading before going to the movies! 😉

Series and movies based on books_legacy_in_the_bones

You will also enter into tension when it opens, next December 5, Legacy in the bones, second part of the Baztán trilogy, Dolores Redondo.

This second installment, also starring Marta Etura, continues the story begun in the The invisible guárdian, that already had its cinematographic adaptation a few years ago, directed by Fernando González Molina.

Series and films based on books for this summer - Little WomenAnd we finish with Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's classic whose film version has its premiere scheduled for the end of the year.

In fact, Austral will publish a new and precious edition of the book, which tells the adventures of the four sisters and their dreams.

The best way without a doubt to be able to enjoy the story more and better while you wait for this movie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan and Meryl Streep.



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How to get an upgrade in 10 books


You deserve a promotion. Your effort and dedication have been very important for your work and it is time for your great contribution to be recognized. But the ascent does not arrive, and you keep waiting … and it does not arrive. Stop waiting! The time has come to be proactive and take the reins so that the desired promotion becomes a reality. In this article we leave you 10 keys to ascend with 10 books that will help you get it:

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Visualize your goal. Having clear objectives and a method to achieve them are a necessary condition to reach the ascent. If you know where your work path is going and visualize how to go through it, you already have almost all the work done.

With Super powers of success for normal people from Mago More you will get everything you set out to do – yes, "working like a bastard".

two

Have the right mentality. The frenzy of meetings, the accumulated stress of everyday life and a routine that can be turned against you are some of the obstacles that do not allow you to advance professionally.

To stay calm, combat stress and have a more realistic perception of what surrounds you, we recommend Mindfulness by Mario Alonso Puig. Take a breath!

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Do not succumb to fear. You know where your goal is and you have the tools to combat everything that crosses your path but … and fear? To continue forward, we must free ourselves from this undesirable work partner that paralyzes us and does not let us see beyond the anxiety that generates us.

No fear is the brave book of Pilar Jericó that will take away your fears at work and outside of it.

4

Be assertive. Learning to negotiate, reach agreements and understand what to do if the other party is more powerful are just some of the teachings that it offers Get the yes by William Ury, Roger Fisher and Bruce Patton.

With this global reference, you will learn to resolve conflicts and obtain the yes What are you looking for?

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Have confidence and positive attitude. Believe in yourself. Rut Nieves offers you a book to grow and transform your life learning to be who you are and to use that knowledge in your favor.

Connecting with your essence will give you the confidence you need to impress your boss and – even more importantly – achieve your well-being.

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Be decisive and flexible. One of the competitive challenges of the world of work is the changing panorama to which we are exposed. Knowing how to navigate in the digital era is key to not drowning in stagnation.

With The world changes, and you? Eva Collado Durán, you will learn how to live in change and you will know how to combine your personal skills with the tools that the digital world offers you.

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Be innovative. Innovate It is a term that many believe belongs only to relevant leaders and people. Nothing is further from reality.

With this action manifesto of Luis Perez-Breva, director of the famous MIT Innovation Teams program, you will see that innovation is not synonymous with doing something groundbreaking, but acting and, above all, practicing a lot.

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Expands knowledge and skills. Smart people are those who learn from others. In the book Learning from the best, Francisco Alcaide Hernández, you can read reflections and advice from characters like Steve Jobs, Richard Branson or Dale Carnegie.

With them and many others you will learn what brought them to the top and how you can be the next to achieve it.

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Make networking. Socially related is important to reach success and with The networking book, from Cipri Quintas Tomé, you will not only learn the keys to developing good social relationships but, with them, you will also see how to enrich yourself emotionally and economically.

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If you do not get it, change jobs. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, at that moment there is no possible vacancy or you have simply reached the ceiling where you are and your work does not fill you personally or professionally.

If this is your case, forget about the promotion and learn to reinvent yourself professionally with Reinvent your career in 100 days of Maite Piera.

There's nothing like being motivated again to have a fuller working life.

And remember what they say: choose a job that you like and you will not have to work a day of your life. Until then, to give him cane!



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Sergio Sarria: "I write as if I was editing video sequences"


We interview the author of the crime novel 'When nobody sees us'

Sergio Sarria with a pencil in his hand is synonymous with wit, humor and social criticism. This is what we have seen when he produces scripts like those in the 'El Intermedio' program, or with his first book. At least until now!

This time, Sarria has decided to take a step towards a totally different direction with his new novel, When nobody sees us, a thriller exciting with the Holy Week backdrop.

The central scenario of the story is Morón de la Frontera, a quiet Andalusian town that, suddenly, is dotted with disappearances, deaths, drugs. That and a US base make you put yourself in the shoes of Lucía Gutiérrez, the sergeant of the Civil Guard who investigates the case, and try to unveil the gloomy relationship between them all.

Why this change of registration? We wanted to interview Sergio Sarria to ask him and try to understand how he has built a novel that has hooked us from beginning to end.

'When nobody sees us' is a thrilling 'thriller' that has little or nothing to do with the comedy to which we are accustomed. ¿Why the change?

A need to change the registry. For the last eleven years I've done all the possible jokes about politicians in 'El Intermedio' (The Sixth). Bárcenas, Rajoy, Pablo Iglesias … I have highlighted all their shortcomings and errors. Something similar happened to me in my previous novel, The man who hated Paulo Coelho, a comedy that emphasized the stupidity of the main characters and the snobbish environment in which they moved.

So I wanted to do the opposite; judge less and empathize with all the characters, that was the action itself and the events that were defining them, and not me. In that sense, the police genre allows making more subtle social radiographs, where each of the characters have to choose how to react to each of the events they face.

By action or by omission, the continuous events that occur in When nobody sees us, they force the protagonists and the secondary to react in one way or another and leave the reader the entire responsibility of judging them and understanding, or not, their motivations.

From the first page, the reader encounters a succession of events of an intensity that goes more constantly, almost without rest. How is a novel constructed with so much narrative power?

Interview with Sergio Sarria, author of 'When nobody sees us'

Probably because I'm a television writer and on TV there is a maxim above all others: keep the pace at all costs, not invite the viewer to change the channel.

In fact, I build novels in the same way as a television series. Before starting to write anything, I make a summary of the plot, the characteristics of the main and secondary characters, the organization of the chapters, and the story line where the main story and its subplots will go.

To put it in a way, I make a preliminary map so as not to get lost in the way with plots that do not go anywhere and slow down the action. That way, you make sure that everything you read supposes an advance in the story, that there are no fillers and, hopefully, that you are not tempted to stop reading to change the channel and see La Pantoja in 'Survivors' .

Holy Week and Andalusian culture are essential in the book. With what intention do you mix a 'thriller' that could be typically American with the Andalusian universe?

With the intention of giving it a personality of its own, that is not a thriller plastic, so to speak, but you believe it, that there is truth not only in history but also in the universe in which it develops.

A Civil Guard sergeant who lives in an Andalusian village, does not share the same culture and can not react in the same way as an FBI agent in Atlanta or a police officer in a small town in Sweden.

On the other hand, both a thriller American as a Swedish start from local universes to be global, and it always seemed to me that Andalusian Holy Week is an element that defines us perfectly sociologically and that draws attention outside. Not to mention the iconic strength that is in the processions: dim light, the sound of the drums, the incense anesthetizing the streets and the faces of pain of the Christs and the Virgins. In its own way, The Passion is also a kind of thriller

Lucía Gutiérrez, sergeant of the Civil Guard, is the protagonist who is in charge of investigating all the events that include suicides, delusions and disappearances with a common point. How would you describe it?

I think it's easier for me to describe it by saying what it is not. She is not an agent with special abilities or out of the ordinary. It is not diplomatic. It does not have good character. She is neither the best mother nor the best daughter-in-law. It does not have a size 38, nor is it close to it.

Lucía Gutiérrez is a deeply imperfect woman and full of contradictions. But … he does not give up. Never. Not before his own failures or those that prevent him from knowing the truth of what is happening in Morón de la Frontera. I would say that it is your greatest virtue, to resist, to overcome your demons to survive one more day even if you are trapped in a life that does not satisfy you at all.

The novel takes place in the apparently quiet city of Morón, but also in the large American military base that is governed by its own rules. Why have you chosen this contrast of scenarios?

I found the contrast between an eminently rural municipality with such strong traditions and the environment of the American air base, which represents the military and aeronautical vanguard of the United States very interesting.

It's like having a city inside another city. A typically Andalusian town next to what looks like a Texas town with drive-in movie theater, baseball league, hamburgers from the 60s and even an oil pipeline that connects you to the Rota naval base.

An open and hospitable place in front of an opaque military enclosure where not all are welcome. Two nearby urban centers but with totally different realities. Something that even the press has echoed. How not to use this contraposition of scenarios? Undoubtedly, Morón had all the ingredients to locate there a thriller

Throughout the book we see a plot with images of great strength. Do you think that 'When nobody sees us' drinks from your experience in the audiovisual world?

Totally, I write as if I were editing video sequences, as if instead of Word I used Premiere. For me what is said is as important as the staging, and I think that in the thriller It helps the reader get hooked on the story.

The way you find a corpse, initiate a persecution or interrogate a suspect must have its own personality. I like to start all those actions with an original point of view and describe them as if I had a video camera.

Precisely because of this, because shooting of the audiovisual, it helps me a lot when writing to find a song or melody that fits the image I am describing. Almost all the songs that appear in the novel are because I also listened to them while writing. Even the marches of the bands of cornets and drums, which I put at full volume to get mentally inside a procession.

Maybe I just raised the number of reproductions of 'Pasan los campanilleros' or 'Presentado a Sevilla' on Spotify to the height of any Rosalía song.

Who would you recommend your book?

First of all, to everyone who enjoys the police genre. But also to those who are curious about how the Easter brotherhoods in Andalusia work, the American military bases or want to know some of the problems faced by the inhabitants of rural areas. Or, simply, to all those who seek pure and hard entertainment.



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