16 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ■ NOVEMBER 4, 2019
BOOKS IN SPANISH
ISBN 978-1-984-89750-3
A dark, coming-of-age novel is ripe
with magical realism, music, sorcery,
and redemption, from the author of
Bodega Dreams. (Sept.)Tema libre
(Multiple Choice)
Alejandro Zambra
Anagrama
ISBN 978-84-339-9875-0
An experimental novel
parodies the Chilean
Academic Aptitude Test,
taking the form of
questions and answers that
spin out into poetry, flash
fiction, and short stories.
(Oct.)Los testamentos
(The Testaments)
Margaret Atwood
Salamandra
ISBN 978-84-9838-949-4
The door slammed on Offred’s future
at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Readers will now learn
what lay ahead for her.
(Dec.)La última viuda
(The Last Widow)
Karin Slaughter
HarperCollins Español
ISBN 978-0-06-293829-9
This thriller in the Will
Trent mystery series pits
Will and Sara against a
mysterious group planning to unleash
a deadly epidemic. (Oct.)La uruguaya
(The Uruguayan)
Pedro Mairal
Vintage Español
ISBN 978-1-984-89907-1
Published in Argentina in 2016, this
novel about a marriage crisis speaks to
how people must confront the broken
promises that they have made to each
other. (Nov.)Mr. Mercedes
(Mr. Mercedes)
Stephen King
Vintage Español
ISBN 978-1-984-89868-5
In a race against time, three
unlikely heroes try to stop a
lone killer from blowing up
thousands. (Nov.)Naturaleza salvaje
(Force of Nature)
Jane Harper
Salamandra
ISBN 978-84-16237-37-1
Five colleagues are forced to go on a
corporate retreat in the wilderness, and
one of them doesn’t return
from the woods. Each com-
panion tells a different story
about what happened.
(Dec.)Nueva York de un
plumazo
(New York at a Stroke of the
Pen)
Mateo Sancho
Roca
ISBN 978-84-17305-96-3
Simon is a young, gay, Spanish jour-
nalist who leaves Madrid to settle in
New York, where he discovers oppor-
tunities, difficulties, and a way of
living his homosexuality. (Nov.)Pequeñas grandes cosas
(Small Great Things)
Jodi Picoult
Urano
ISBN 978-84-16517-18-3
Ruth Jefferson, a labor and
delivery nurse with more
than 20 years of experience,
begins a checkup on a new-
born, but the parents don’t
want Ruth, who’s African-
American, to touch their
child. (Sept.)El pintor de almas
(Painter of Souls)
Ildefonso FalconesGrijalbo
ISBN 978-16-447-3097-3
Love, a passion for art,
revenge, and social revolts all
come together in modernist
Barcelona at the beginning
of the 20th century. (Sept.)La próxima persona que
encontrarás en
el cielo
(The Next Person That You
Meet in Heaven)
Mitch Albom
Maeva
ISBN 978-84-17708-43-6
Eddie fixes amusement park
rides. On his 83rd
birthday, he dies
in an accident and
goes to heaven,
where the five people he
meets help him better
understand his life. (Oct.)Recuérdame
(Remember Me)
Mario Escobar
HarperCollins
Español
ISBN 978-1-41-859938-6
This novel recounts the his-
torical escape of over 500
children from the Spanish
Civil War in the 1930s to
Mexico, with the blessing of
their parents and assistance
by the Mexican government.
(Oct.)Sidi
(Sidi)
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Alfaguara
ISBN 978-16-447-3106-2
The adventure of the Spanish
warrior, El Cid, who was
forced into exile. (Sept.)Taína
(Taína)
Ernesto Quiñonez
Vintage Español