Unpublished novel by Gabriel García Márquez and new works of fiction Eduardo Mendoza, Murakami, Paul Auster, Annie Ernaux and Pierre Lemaitre stands out among 2024 editorial newsThe future of Camilleri’s two unpublished works and the centenary of Kafka’s death will be commemorated.
The publication of Colombian Nobel Prize winner García Márquez’s unpublished novel ‘See You in August’ (Random House) in March will be a turning point. A song about life, the passage of time, and the resistance of pleasure despite feminine desire.The film tells the story of Ana Magdalena Bach, who traveled by ferry to the island where her mother was buried for 28 years, an experience that made her become a different person for one night a year.
‘It will be published at the end of January’Three puzzles for organization‘ (Seix Barral), his new novel Mendoza A story in which members of a secret government organization face the investigation of three related or unrelated cases: the appearance of a lifeless body in a hotel on Las Ramblas, the disappearance of a British millionaire on his yacht, and the disappearance of a British millionaire on his yacht. Unique financing of Conservas Fernández.
‘City and obscure walls‘ (Tusquets), from the recently awarded Princess of Asturias Award Haruki MurakamiAdapted from his 1980 novella, this novel, his first full-length novel in six years, reiterates the author’s usual themes: a lost love, a dream-like atmosphere, recurring scenarios and alternative worlds. ‘baumgartner‘Return to the novel by (Seix Barral) Paul AusterHe accompanies author and college professor Sy Baumgartner on a journey through his life’s memories.
‘at international level’What do they say or nothing‘ (Cabaret Voltaire), by Annie Ernaux; ‘Take care of her’ (AdN), Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Goncourt Prize; ‘Fourteen days’ (AdN), a joint novel by Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston, Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng; ‘While we are alive’ by David Safier and ‘All happy families’ by Hervé Le Tellier, both in Seix.
Also noteworthy in this field are ‘The Invention of Sound’ (Random House) by Chuck Palahniuk; ‘The distance that separates us’ (Asteroide) by Maggie O’Farrell is unpublished in Spanish; ‘Aerostats’ (Anagrama) by Amélie Nothomb; ‘Meter per second’ (Nordic) by Stine Pilgaard; ‘The Past’ (Sixth Floor) by Tessa Hadley; ‘Mrs.’ written by Kim Ho-Yeon Yeom’s Amazing Shop’ (Duomo); and ‘Mona’s Eyes’ by Thomas Schlesser and ‘As of Air’ by Ada D’Adamo, 2023 Strega Award, both in the Lumen category.
To remember Centenary of Kafka’s death Monika Zgustova’s ‘I am Milena from Prague’ (Galaxia Gutenberg) will be released, while Acantilado will release ‘You are the mission’. Aphorisms’, edited by Reiner Stach; Nórdica, his short story ‘The Hunger Artist’ and ‘Complete Stories’ Páginas de Espuma.
between spanish panorama Luis Landero’s ‘The Last Function’ (Tusquets) stands out; ‘Vibración’ by José Ovejero and the first two volumes of ‘Complete Works’ by Luis Martín Santos (both in Galaxia); ‘Words for Olivia’ (Espasa) by Nativel Preciado; ‘Peninsula of empty houses’ (Siruela) by David Uclés; or ‘Vulnerabilities’ (Seix) by Elvira Sastre.
Interviews were invented
Under the title ‘NMK8’. Enrique Vila-Matas brings together ‘Eight invented interviews’, H&O eFake interviews that Vila-Matas ‘secretly leaked’ to Fotogramas While a young unknown he had imaginary conversations with Marlon Brando, Bardem, Nureyev, Rovira Beleta, Anthony Burgess, Cornelius Castoriadis and Patricia Highsmith.
From Latin America will come Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s ‘Metempsicosis’ and Sergio Ramírez’s (both from Alfaguara) ‘Golden Horse’; ‘The past is behind us’ (Anagrama) by Juan Pablo Villalobos; ‘Human Failure’ (Periférica) by Diamela Eltit; ‘Frida’s Cook’ (Planeta) by Florencia Etcheves; ‘The novel of three periods’ by Alan Pauls, ‘The style of the elements’ by Rodrigo Fresán and ‘Electric shamans at the festival of the sun’ by Mónica Ojeda (these three are at Random House).
‘best seller‘ will be represented by books such as ‘Complications’ (Plaza & Janés) by Danielle Steel; or Albert Espinosa’s ‘Love again the chaos and friction of living’ (Grijalbo).
black crop He will bring Dennis Lehane’s ‘Golpe de Grace’ (Salamandra); ‘House of the Night’ by Jo Nesbo (Reservoir Books); ’48 Clues About My Sister’s Disappearance’ by Joyce Carol Oates (RBA); ‘The Runaway Woman’ (Destino) by Alicia Giménez Bartlett; ‘Arpeggio of rain on the glass’ (Alba) by José Luis Correa; ‘The Hunter’ (AdN) by Tana French; ‘The Blind Kingdom’ by Louise Penny and ‘The Valley’ by Bernard Minier (both in Salamandra).
Salamandra will also edit ‘Samuele’s private battle and other stories from Vigàta’ which have not been published by. Andrea CamilleriDestino, which examines modern Italy, will also publish ‘The Forgotten Massacre’ by the same author, which is about the massacre that took place in Sicily in 1848.
Others thriller news ‘The Collector’ (Harper Collins) by Daniel Silva; ‘Ritual’ (Reservoir) by Sandrine Destombes; ‘The first Unamuno case’ (Alfaguara) by Luis García Jambrina; ‘The lost manuscript of The Little Prince’ (Suma) by Cristian Perfumo; ‘Endgame’ by Jorge Ignacio Aguadero (B); Rebecca Makkai’s ‘I Have Some Questions for You’ (Sixth Floor); and ‘Gardel’s Daughter’ (Contraluz) by Lea Vélez.
Inside historical novel Highlights include Pierre Lemaitre’s ‘Silence and Anger’ (Salamandra); ‘Heir of the Sea’ (Grijalbo) by Juan Francisco Ferrándiz; ‘Regent king. ‘I’d rather die’ (Harper Collins), by José Calvo Poyato; ‘Women’s Barracks’ (Espasa) by Fermina Cañaveras; ‘Joan of Arc’ (Fate) by Katherine Chen; ‘The Queen’s Game’ (Suma) by Elizabeth Fremantle; and ‘The Hounds of Essex’ (Attic) by Dan Jones. Likewise, Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Sharpe and the Battle of Vitoria’ and Enrique Bocanegra’s ‘The Attack on Hispaniola’ will also be published (both on Edhasa); ‘The Auschwitz Photographer’ (Espasa) by Luca Crippa and Maruizio Onnis; ‘The Keeper of Burnt Books’ (Harper Collins) by Brianna Labuskes; ’40 coats and a button’ (Roca) by Ivan Sciapeconi; ‘I am slandered’ (La Esfera) by Luis del Pino. The work that completes the historical narrative panorama is Carla Montero’s ‘Raisin of the Moon’ (Plaza); ‘Paris woke up late’ (Planeta) by Máximo Huerta; ‘The Razumovsky Mystery’ (B) by Martín Llade; ‘Very Quiet Murder’ (Cabaret Voltaire) by Gabrielle Wittkop; and Éric Fouassie’s ‘The Vicar’s Ghost’ (Main).
poetry and story
Inside poem Rafael Cadenas’s 2022 Cervantes Prize will feature ‘An Rilke, variations’ (Galaxia); ‘Complete Poem’ (Lumen) by Ana María Moix; and ‘Ritual murders. Poems of Bohumil Hrabal (Galaxy).
Inside fairytale These include George Saunders’ ‘Emancipation Day’ (Seix); ‘Three ways to say goodbye’ by Clara Obligado and ‘Visceral’ by María Fernanda Ampuero (both in Páginas de Espuma); ‘Complete stories’ (Alfaguara) by Jorge Edwards; ‘Underworld City’ by Teddy Goldenberg (Fulgencio Pimentel); ‘Home’ (Periférica), unpublished story by Julien Gracq; and Tolstoy’s ‘Lucerne and Albert’ (Cliff).
They will not be missing classics such as ‘Ipomedon’ (Siruela) from Hue de Rotelande, dating from the 12th century; or Lovecraft’s ‘The Dunwich Horror’ (Minotaur), illustrated by François Baranger.