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Tag Archives: Spain
Stay This Day and Night With Me – Belén Gopegui, (translated by Mark Schafer)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Don’t think, Google, that the value of human acts can be measured in visits or by keeping track of how much information or money they generate.” Mateo, a twenty-two-year-old Spanish college student wants to apply … Continue reading
Posted in Spanish Literature, World Literature
Tagged artificial intellegence, Google, privilege, Spain
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A Death in Valencia – Jason Webster
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned When I visit a city for the first time, I like to go to a local English-language bookstore—if I’m lucky enough to find one— to discover novels featuring the town, incorporating its culture into the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged corruption, crime fiction, gentrification, murder, Spain, Valencia
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The Endless Rose – Carlos Maleno (translated by Eric Kurtzke)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Then he thought of that woman, of her writing, that disappeared into itself—chaotic, brutal, savage, suicidal—like automatic writing, or the writing of a lunatic.” Thirty-seven-year-old publisher Roberto Fate was totally mesmerized as he read a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged crime fiction, murder, publishing, Spain
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Last Words on Earth – Javier Serena, Translated from the Spanish by Katie Whittemore
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “The paradox of letters made weapons, words made bayonets with which to pierce the page and exact revenge against my own destiny, which I had judged—until then—to be so harsh.” Poet and writer Ricardo Funes … Continue reading
Posted in Latin American Literature, World Literature
Tagged Mexico City, negacionismo, Peru, poetry, Roberto Bolaño, Spain
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Keep Walking, Your Heart Will Catch Up: A Camino de Santiago journey – Cathay O. Reta
(reviewed by JD Jung) “There is something mystical, magical about the Camino…I’m seeing a profound connection between the body, the mind and the heart. I’m finding a deep shaking as they join forces and get on the same page.” Newly … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Philosophical reads, Travel, Your Best Self
Tagged camino de Santiago, memoirs, New Age, self-discovery, Spain, travel
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Sexographies – Gabriela Wiener (translated from the Spanish by Jennifer Adcock and Lucy Greaves)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Gabriela Wiener is not just any journalist. This Peruvian-born writer prefers to experience topics first-hand. That may even involve putting herself in extreme and often risky situations and then writing about her participation. So when it … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Latin American Literature, Non-fiction, World Literature
Tagged love, Peru, sex, SMBD, Spain
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