Are you in the mood for a refreshing read? We recommend books with swimming pools... a little cloudy.
Summer triggers our dreams, vacations arrive and we want to travel to those remote places that we have not yet been able to visit. We dream of the Caribbean, of Indonesia, perhaps with a country house in England or knowing more about what surrounds us...
If you are lucky enough to be able to fulfill your traveling dream, below you will find a good ally for your trip. Because every self-respecting traveler carries a good book, and if it is a title related to destiny, all the better. And if you can't get tickets for that dream destination, At least get yourself a good book set in its surroundings, since, as you well know, reading can be the best of the trips.
the horizon line
Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
IF YOU DREAM OF... ESCAPING ALONE TO THE CARIBBEAN: Drink for ladies, by Arantza Prádanos (The Horizon Line)
Can't you get the classic postcard of turquoise waters, sunbeams and palm trees out of your head? "The luminous dream of the perfect vacation for pale Westerners", a fantasy that the author tackles in an entertaining and incisive way, that she traveled alone during this adventure. "When no one is shocked (about a woman traveling alone), we will have doubled a rope towards a better world, Pradanos writes.
Map of 'Drink for young ladies'.
These Caribbean chronicles –loaded with rum, rum, rum…– were distilled in the islands of Barbados, Martinique, Dominica, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. They represent a portrait of the "joyful and hedonistic fanfare under which a scarred region throbs", which will give you a very special and different vision of that tourist paradise you dream of, "away from the lounger".
Backpack on her shoulder, the writer travels these lands with rum as a guide, "omnipresent, identity, distilled with blood and black tears, fired in the seven seas as a drink for sea lions". An unforgettable adventure that will encourage you to lose yourself in the unexpected, among the remains of glory and decadence of an empire in which the sun did not set. your loot? A magnificent book.
Salamander
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Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
IF YOU DREAM OF... A COZY HOUSE IN THE COTSWOLDS: Agatha Raisin and the Lethal Quiche (Salamander)
If you love the English countryside and always carry an Agatha Christie novel in your suitcase, you will surely be an immediate fan of Agatha Raisin, a detective that we could define as a mix between Miss Marple, Bridget Jones and The Devil Wears Prada. recently retired (and not too happy with her new situation), this acrimonious ex-PR from London moves to a quiet little town, Carsley, where she doesn't get along with her neighbors and in which she will be involved in a murder case.
Its author, M.C. Beaton (pseudonym of the Scottish Marion Chesney), has already been baptized as the queen of cozy crime and we attest that the pages of this mystery –the first installment of a series with more than 10 million readers around the world that even has a television version– are full of delicious British gardens, homemade cakes, nights by the fire and, of course, a dose of crime. All seasoned with humor, a perfect combination that will drive you to looking for a house in the Cotswolds, as happens to the troubled protagonist.
Peripheral
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Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
IF YOU DREAM OF... LONG WALKS IN PROVENCE: Provenzal Breviary, by Vicente Valero (Peripheral)
The Ibizan Vicente Valero, Loewe award, celebrates how much we needed to receive the summer solstice this year, with a book that recreates that moment, following in the footsteps of Petrarch, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, Mallarmé and Camus, among others, in Provence.
The author traces the origins and development of the notion of landscape in art, where nature and culture go hand in hand and summon poets and painters, "at least since Petrarch climbed Mont Ventoux in 1336 and wrote his Canzoniere." Those who like to travel, read, watch and meditate savor every word of this compilation of two texts written between 2007 and 2010, which now recovers the Peripheral publishing house under the same title.
The first, Notebook of Provence, reconstructs the particular itinerary and search of the writer, but also the traces of artists and poets, composing an essay about landscape art. The second text, June at Dr. Char's house, is a poetic diary where, in the same Provençal setting, the link between celebration and creativity is addressed in a more intimate way, between nature and poetry.
Errata Nature
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Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
IF YOU DREAM OF... THE FRENCH ALPS: Quick, your life, Sylvie Schenk (Errata Naturae)
Immensity, alpine flora, steep paths that lead to the summits. Sound suggestive? Visualize yourself there and add family secrets. This is the story of Louise, who is about to leave her village in the French Alps to study in the city of Lyon. Set in the 1950s, the novel portrays the ravages of the Occupation, while accompanying her on her journey of discovery. to a young university student who knows friendship and love.
Delicate story about a woman who feels foreign everywhere, who dreams of her independence and for whom the mountainous landscapes they will be (as for us) an emotional refuge to go to.
Waterfall
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Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
IF YOU DREAM OF... GETTING TO KNOW SPAIN AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: The Naked Monarchy, by Sara Navas (Cataract)
Yes, like so many Spaniards, you have come out of the pandemic with the desire to learn more and better about this diverse country in which we live, we suggest a refreshing read. The journalist Sara Navas collects anecdotes –from the king who was born in a toilet to the sovereign playboy or the promoter of the pornographic industry– truths, lies and fables that have persecuted twenty kings and queens of Spain along the history.
What better way to get to know a country through its 'divine' monarchs and their worldly passions? The pressure to ensure the descent of his lineage, the conspiracies, wars... lead to extravagant events, such as that of Juana I, who gave birth to the future emperor Carlos in a toilet, during a party.
A trip accompanying the Trastámara, the Austrias or the Bourbons, who are part of our history and With their more or less original lives, they have shaped the entire character of a country that we never tire of traveling through (in space and time).
Asteroid Books
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Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
IF YOU DREAM OF... THE EXOTISM OF INDONESIA: The Last Whalers, by Doug Bock Clark (Asteroid Books)
This title is for conscientious travelers and for those who travel enjoying discovering almost extinct traditions, artisans of different trades, different cultures. Award-winning journalist Doug Bock Clark signs an intimate and, at the same time, universal story about a way of life in extinction, that of the inhabitants of Lamalera, a remote Indonesian enclave.
Clark is one of the few Westerners who speak Lamaleran, so for his first book he has done meticulous fieldwork. – He lived in what is known as 'The Forgotten Land', between 2014 and 2017–, in order to show how the pressure of a globalized world is destroying customs and the sustenance of this community that still lives in balance with nature.
This tribe is one of the most supportive societies in the world and the only one that still depends on sperm whale hunting for its livelihood and that only uses traditional methods: bamboo harpoons and rowing boats. We are before a novel of adventures but, above all, a first level journalistic work, which was awarded the Lowell Thomas Silver Medal.
siruela
Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
Tell me what trip you dream of and I'll tell you what book to read this summer
IF YOU DREAM OF TRAVELING... ANYWHERE, AROUND THE WORLD 'AHEAD': Travel and Meditate, by Sarah Samuel (Siruela)
We usually think of novels and essays when talking about traveling books, but a trip is an ideal time to pick up a good self-help book. If you are one of those travelers who do not care about the destination, but the trip itself, surely you will find inspiring this title of Sarah Samuel, who defines herself as tireless traveler and explorer of various spiritual traditions.
In these pages, with a simple and concise language, Sarah encourages us to travel (wherever) consciously, helping us develop the ability to be present in what we experience during encounters and discoveries contained in each itinerary.
because you know, the important thing is not to arrive, but to enjoy the journey.