Collection of eleven stories from the author of 2020's most acclaimed work of Spanish fiction.

Named the Book of the Year by Several Spanish Newspapers.The story of Un amor takes place in La Escapa, a small rural town where Nat, a young and inexperienced translator, has just moved. Her landlord, who gives her a dog as a welcome gesture, will soon show his true colors, and the conflicts surrounding the rented house—its poor construction, full of cracks and leaks—will become a true obsession for her. The rest of the inhabitants of the area—the girl fr...

A claustrophobic story of desire and small town unease in the vein of Dogville or Coetzee's Disgrace. Fleeing from past mistakes, Nat leaves her life in the city for the rural village of La Escapa. She rents a small house from a negligent landlord, adopts a dog and begins to work on her first literary translation. But nothing is easy: the dog is ill tempered and skittish and misunderstandings with her neighbour's thrum below the surface. When conflict arises over repairs to her house, Nat ...

Set entirely at Wybrany College—a school where the wealthy keep their kids safe from the chaos erupting in the cities—Four by Four is a novel of insinuation and gossip, in which the truth about Wybrany's "program" is always palpable, but never explicit. The mysteries populating the novel open with the disappearance of one of the "special," scholarship students. As the first part unfolds, it becomes clear that all is not well in Wybrany, and that something more sordid lurks beneath...

A haunting depiction of a sinister elite boarding school in a world veering toward chaos.

'There are no secrets in this family!' proclaims Damián, the father, triumphantly. A secular idealist obsessed with morality and order, he is blind to the cracks in his home's foundations, the oppression that pervades it, and the elaborate fictions his wife and four children devise to survive it. While he quotes Gandhi and expounds on the virtues of education, charity and thrift, the children retreat into humiliated compliance or seek freedom in the most dangerous of places. Through a mosa...

At Wybrany College, there are two kinds of student: the children of the rich and powerful, and the 'Specials' – recipients of a mysterious scholarship. Sealed off from the decaying world outside, the school promises safety, order and, for the Specials, the chance of a different life. But when one of them disappears, the illusion begins to crack. Hidden hierarchies shift. The line between protector and predator blurs. The story unfolds in two parts: first through the lives of students navig...

Sonia meets Knut in an online literary forum and begins a unique long-distance relationship with him that becomes obsessive and derailed by excess. While her feelings toward him shift between attraction and repulsion, she can’t help but be fascinated by his unusual and perfectionist personality. He’s an intelligent young man of her same age who lives outside of all social norm and courts her through sumptuous stolen gifts, which include any book she could ever dream of. Her need to create ...

New novel from the author of Four by Four exploring a single relationship existing outside of society's norms.

From first time she met Mikhail Sommerville, actress Lydia Castle could feel the explosive chemistry with her new costar.Cast as lovers in a steamy historical film, Lydia and Mikhail don't need to pretend to be in lust with one another. . . both on and off the set. But with the paparazzi and tabloids watching, there is only one way for Lydia and Mikhail to release their sexual tension and keep their privacy: by acting out their passion in the most intense ...

Concord Floral is a one-million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse and a refuge for neighbourhood kids; a place all to themselves in which to dream, dare, and come of age.But hidden there is a secret no one wants to confront, and when two friends stumble upon it they set off an unstoppable chain of events, from shadows in parking lots to phone calls from the grave. It's time for the teens of Concord Floral to start talking.

FEATURING THE WINNER: 'DISAPPEARANCES' by K.J. ORRYoung garment workers in a Bangladesh factory seek a better life, at a price...A girl on a deep, dark moor is drawn into a different kind of darkness after a stranger gives her a bunch of flowers...A retired plastic surgeon, who once served the great and not-so-good of Buenos Aires, finds a new peace when he disguises his identity...An academic seeks sanctuary in a different rhythm of life... While those who ...