Your next read: Ten books coming in September that you'll want to take with you
Although the days of spring , as such, will still take a while to appear, the bookstores are filled with colors in the first days of September thanks to the new editorial releases that burst onto the scene with their seductive covers . Thus, as the flowers begin to bloom, the new adventure of Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez Reverte arrives, a romance by the Spanish Elísabet Benavent and a compilation of stories by Margaret Atwood . There will also be books by journalists: the Argentine Martín Sivak proposes a story of great romances and an intimate and brutal document about love when love no longer exists, while the American Jon Lee Anderson compiles his magnificent reports in the first volume of He decidir contarme marxista.
Mission to Paris (The Adventures of Captain Alatriste 8), by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Alfaguara). Photo: courtesy.
In 17th-century France, Íñigo Balboa awaits the arrival of Alatriste, Quevedo, and Copons in Paris, where they will become involved in a secret mission ordered by the Count-Duke of Olivares. The backdrop is the siege of La Rochelle by the Huguenots, led by Cardinal Richelieu. A large-scale political intrigue that could change the course of history.
The Whole Truth of My Lies, by Elísabet Benavent (Suma de Letras). Photo: courtesy.
A group of friends embark on a motorhome trip to celebrate a bachelorette party, but tensions and pent-up secrets surface along the way. The road trip becomes a surreal and emotional experience that explores the truth behind every lie.
Lost in the Woods, by Margaret Atwood (Salamandra). Photo: courtesy.
Fifteen stories in which the Canadian author displays her wit and critical perspective on family ties, marriage, loss, and identity. From a postmortem conversation with George Orwell to the first-person narration of Hypatia of Alexandria, Atwood constructs an intimate and visionary mosaic of contemporary life.
A Spy in the Soviet Archives, by Sheila Fitzpatrick (Siglo XXI). Photo: courtesy.
The historian recounts her stay in Moscow in 1966, when, as a doctoral student, she gained access to official Soviet archives. Amidst bureaucracy, surveillance, and everyday life, the book offers a unique portrait of the Cold War through personal experience.
The Crying Room, by Martín Sivak (Alfaguara). Photo: courtesy.
The story of an abandoned man who faces the pain of a breakup and the insomnia of heartbreak. At the same time, his memory takes him on a journey through Latin America that becomes both support and redemption. An intimate account of loss, friendship, and writing as a refuge.
I've Decided to Declare Myself a Marxist (Volume 1), by Jon Lee Anderson (Debate). Photo: courtesy.
The first volume in a collection of chronicles by the renowned New Yorker journalist. His writings explore wars in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, as well as the complexities of political power, offering a lucid and committed portrait of recent history.
Silverside Season, by Belén Longo (Promesa). Photo courtesy.
Gregorio, a blacksmith trying to maintain order in his work and in his life, and Dolores, a young woman who returns to Laferrere after the death of her father, are the voices that construct this polyphonic novel. The plot explores the inequalities of the suburbs and the difficulty of putting something together when everything seems to be shaky.
Why economists should be good plumbers, by Esther Duflo (Siglo XXI). Photo: courtesy.
The Nobel Prize winner in Economics reflects on the importance of the experimental method in implementing public policies against poverty. She proposes that economists act like plumbers, attentive to the practical details that allow solutions to have a real impact on people's lives.
Indelible, by Paula Tomassoni (Corregidor). Photo: courtesy.
A mortgage, a debt, and a suicide. Indelible tells the story of Maine, who one day finds her husband's lifeless body buried in the house. In the midst of the political, economic, and social crisis in early 19th-century Argentina, Maine must reinvent herself to move forward, pay her debts, and try to understand Ricardo's decision. The country, with record unemployment rates and a social climate on the brink of collapse, must also find new paths. The narrative interweaves, scene by scene, two layers of the story (before and after the suicide) and allows the reader to construct a narrative about personal and collective struggles.
Rude, by Renata Salecl (Godot). Photo: courtesy.
What happens when violence is no longer masked? When it is no longer concealed behind kind words? When the individual is under so much pressure to continue commercializing themselves that they must wear the mask of success. Salecl observes how neoliberalism has colonized our emotions, our decisions, even our forms of empathy. Maleducados exposes the visible and invisible mechanisms at work behind the cult of the self and the glorification of the material. What remains of the subject when cordiality fades? How do we inhabit a world where the other is a threat?
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