IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH CINEMA
All lovers not of Valentine, but of cinema, should read Best Producer (Walden Books). And it is that this work, written by the cult author James Robert Baker, It has everything that a true movie buff could like.
Best producer, James Robert Baker.
Narrated as an oral history, it tells the life of Shark Trager, who went from being the King Midas of Hollywood from the 60s, 70s and 80s to descend into hell. A fiction that leads us to think of some film producers as David O. Selznick or Robert Evans, who had similar lives.
The city of euphoria, Rodrigo Terrasa.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH POLITICS
names like Carlos Fabra, Francisco Camps or Rita Barberá they are better known for their relationship with corruption than for their political acts. A series of public positions that Rodrigo Terrasa has brought together in The City of Euphoria. A mafia hypothesis (Books of the KO), where counts the most striking cases of corruption that occurred in the Valencian Community between 1995 and 2005. All told with a pen wicked.
Insultario, by José Antonio Ruiz and Ángel María Fernández.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH WORDS
How important it is to handle words well! And also the insults, which should never be left in second place. The book Insultario (Pumpkin Seeds), written by Ángel María Fernández and Jose Antonio Ruiz Gracia, is a great example of this. A work that works as a great self defense manual and a compendium where to find great references to insult with class and elegance.
Against dystopia, by Francisco Martorell.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH DYSTOPIAS
This heading is tricky. The book recommended here is Contra la dystopía (La Caja Books), an essay by the philosopher Francisco Martorell. A work in which the author writes against this genre, since according to his proposal he does nothing more than blacken the idea of thinking about a better future. So yeah, if you're in love with dystopias, give him this book in honor of Valentine's Day and to change sides.
Not even the dead, by Juan Bárcena.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH HISTORY
If you're looking for a Pure history book, this is not the place. But keep reading because it surely interests you. Not even the dead (Sixth Floor) by Juan Gómez Bárcena, is a work that is based on reality to, from fiction, tell how history is nothing but repetition. A loop in which they always lose. A book that is a journey from the New Spain of the s. XVI to the United States of donald trump from the hands of the vanquished.
I sing and the mountain dances, by Irene Solà.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH NATURE
I say little new recommending this book. A thousand wonders have been spoken and said about him. And is not for less. In I sing and the mountain dances (Anagram) by the writer Irene Solà, nature becomes another character. In this work they take the floor clouds, mushrooms, dogs and many more characters that live in the Pyrenees. An area that preserves the memory of centuries of struggle for survival.
The city of care, by Izaskun Chinchilla.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH THE CITY
This is not a work about the city, but about how we want our cities to be. In the essay The City of Care (Cataract) by Izaskun Chinchilla, the architect explains why cities are geared towards productivity. Actions such as consuming, delivering goods or driving prevail over sitting, drink water without paying or have fun without having to spend money. But, beyond criticism, the author proposes other models, alternatives that can make these spaces less aggressive and where we can take care and take care of ourselves better.
The Great Book of Dogs, VVAA.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH YOUR PET
Both The Big Book of Cats and The Big Book of Dogs, both published by Blackie Books, are two works of love for our pets. Two great compilations of texts about these animals that are written in the form of stories, poems or fragments of novels. Among the authors who appear there, names as universal as Charles Baudelaire, Federico García Lorca, Louisa May Alcott, Carmen Martín Gaite, Virginia Woolf, Rafael Azcona and a long etcetera.
A question of faith, by Enric González.
IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH FOOTBALL
Now, always talking about the beautiful game. Here a server is not a big fan, but millions of other people are. And this is a way to help in the search for the perfect gift. Therefore, if you like football and are dying for a team, you have to take a look at the series Illustrated Hooligans of KO Books. Different teams such as Getafe, Celta de Vigo, Espanyol or Sevilla are told by writers of the stature of User Arroba, Lucía Taboada, Enric González or José Lobo.
Happy ending, by Isaac Rosa.
BONUS TRACK: IF YOU ARE OUT OF LOVE
Oh! the love. As Ismael Serrano sings, it is eternal while it lasts. But when it's over, what do we do with it? One of the things we can do is look for stories with which we share that breakup, that help us understand us better. If anyone has written well about this, it is Isaac Rosa in Happy Ending (Seix Barral). a book that counts a loving separation beginning at the end and ending together. A precious book.
They have also recently published (h)love 7 broken (Continue you have me), an anthology about breakups and being broken. A book in which authors such as María Bastarós, Laura Casielles or Andrea Gumes write from sorrow and mourning, but also from the celebration of what happened.