Loqueleo Catalog 2019

239 YOUNG ADULTS AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER Horacio Quiroga El almohadón de plumas The Big Feather Pillow and Other Stories ILLUSTRATIONS Ricardo Peláez GR Diseases, Illnesses, and Injuries / Feelings and Emotions 9789585928954 6¾" x 9" / 22 pp $11.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Horror Alicia begins her married life with the cold embrace of solitude. She passes her days in that enormous house, and at night, unwittingly, she sleeps with death. In this story, Horacio Quiroga shows us anxiety, horror, and pain right alongside the overwhelming beauty that is so characteristic of his work, now with images as troubling as they are intriguing. Jordi Sierra i Fabra Las chicas de alambre Wired Girls ILLUSTRATIONS Juliana Orihuela GR Intolerance and Acceptance / Eating Disorders / Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance 9788491221371 5" x 8" / 224 pp $17.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction A young newspaperman delves into the life of several models who live it up, and up, and up, all the way to their life at the top. He investigates the whereabouts of one of them, the girl who had the most impact on his teenage years. 1994 PREMIO EDEBÉ; 2019 PREMIO FUNDACIÓN CUATROGATOS AWARD- WINNING AUTHOR Luis María Pescetti Cartas al rey de la cabina Letters to the King of the Cabin ILLUSTRATIONS Carlus Rodríguez GR N/A Love and Romance 9786070132476 5½" x 8½" / 104 pp $16.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Epistolary Paloma, a girl of about nineteen, is in love but is vaguely reciprocated. Not knowing what to do with her pain, she starts writing to her beloved. Throughout twenty- two letters, written in poetic prose, the book expresses with deep lyricism the feeling of a young woman facing her first love disappointment. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Luis María Pescetti La Mona Risa The Best Humor Stories ILLUSTRATIONS José Rosero GR N/A Humor / General 9786070135675 5½" x 8½" / 279 pp $17.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Humor Luis Pescetti has carefully chosen the 27 stories that compose this anthology, in which humour displays all the richness of its multiple facets. Some of the authors are: Daniel Samper, Roberto Fontanarrosa, Woody Allen, Samuel Becket, Alfredo Bryce Chenique, Italo Calvino, Julio Cortázar, Darío Fo, Günter grass, Elvira Lindo, Juan José Millás, Augusto Monterroso and Maruja Torres. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR