Discontent

Duhnam, Lena

In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.For the last decade, as she's spent countless hours in doctor's waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, ...

July, Miranda

A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey. Miranda July´s second novel confirms the brilliance of her ...

Feito, Virginia

"Sensationally unhinged" - SUNDAY TIMES"Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny" - CATRIONA WARD""Weird and wonderful" - LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIANWinifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She'll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the long...

Alice Oseman

harlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance.But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised.By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize,...

Roig, Montserrat

Spring, 1974. After twelve years abroad, Natàlia Miralpeix returns to Barcelona and her family. Change is in the air: revolution sexual, political and artistic is simmering. Franco may still be in power, but his death is only two years away. The younger generation write poetry, listen to Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and talk of a freer future. The older generation, though, ca...

Baltasar, Eva

Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker PrizeWorking as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname ‘Boulder'. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She is already forty and can't bear to let the opportunity pass her by. Boulder...

Serrano, Beatriz

UNA NOVELA PARA LEER A ESCONDIDAS EN LA OFICINALa presentadora del pódcast Arsénico Caviar y ganadora del Ondas, debuta con una afilada novela sobre una mujer harta del trabajo. «Una bomba de relojería: una novela sobre el trabajo —y todo lo demás— que se lee de una sentada, pero se queda contigo mucho tiempo. Inteligente, divertidísima, sí, incluso —o sobre todo— cuando te re...

Serrano, Beatriz

Una novela para leer a escondidas en la oficina.El descontento es la historia de Marisa, una mujer en la treintena que vive anestesiada mediante Orfidales y vídeos de YouTube para soportar las rutinas y pesares de su día a día en una agencia de publicidad. Tan solo acude presencialmente a la oficina para ahorrar dinero en aire acondicionado durante el sofocante agosto madrileño...

Serrano, Beatriz

Una mañana de 1993, la vida de Blanca se rompe cuando su padre le anuncia que su madre no regresará. A partir de entonces, Blanca teme que pueda tener un don insólito: la capacidad de obrar milagros, aunque el primero sea provocar la muerte de una niña que se burla de su situación familiar. Con el peso de la culpa sobre sus hombros y las ansiedades propias del abandono, Blanca ...

Serrano, Beatriz

El fenómeno editorial del año, ahora en una edición especial en tapa dura.UNA NOVELA PARA LEER A ESCONDIDAS EN LA OFICINA «Una bomba de relojería: una novela sobre el trabajo —y todo lo demás— que se lee de una sentada, pero se queda contigo mucho tiempo. Inteligente, divertidísima, sí, incluso —o sobre todo— cuando te reconoces en ella.»ELENA ME...