Publishers Weekly - 04.11.2019

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22 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ■ NOVEMBER 4, 2019


BOOKS IN SPANISH


The door slammed on Offred’s future at
the end of The Handmaid’s Tale. Readers
will now learn what lay ahead for her.
(Sept.)

Tiempos recios
(Fierce Times)
Mario Vargas Llosa
Alfaguara
ISBN 978-84-204-3956-3
A novel of political conspiracies and
interests during the Cold War, including
a lie that really happened and changed
the future of Latin America. (Oct.)

Todos los fuegos el fuego
(All Fires the Fire)
Julio Cortázar
Alfaguara
ISBN 978-98-773-8564-9
This book of eight short sto-
ries is by the author of
Hopscotch. (Oct.)

Santa Evita
(Santa Evita)
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Alfaguara
ISBN 978-98-773-8639-4
In a blend of fact and fiction, the novel
focuses on the Argentine first lady Eva
Perón; it has already sold more than 10
million copies. (Oct.)

Sidi
(Sidi)
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Alfaguara
ISBN 978-84-204-3874-0
The novel tells the adventure of the
Spanish warrior, El Cid, who was forced
into exile. (Sept.)

Voces de Chernobil
(Voices from Chernobyl)
Svetlana Alexievich
Debate
ISBN 978-84-999-2722-0
Journalist Alexievich interviewed hun-
dreds of people affected by the melt-
down to present personal accounts of
the worst nuclear reactor accident in
history. (Nov.) ■

La chica salvaje
(Where the Crawdads Sing)
Delia Owens
Random House Audio
ISBN 978-0-593-20959-2
An ode to the natural world,
a coming-of-age story, and a
surprising tale of possible
murder. (Oct.)

Cuentos completos
(The Complete Tales)
Beatrix Potter
Beascoa
ISBN 978-84-488-5434-8
This collection of all of Beatrix Potter’s
tales arranges them in the order in
which they were first published. (Dec.)

Joven para siempre
(Forever Young)
Daniel Campos
Aguilar
ISBN 978-16-447-3155-0
A physician specializing in age manage-
ment reveals two key aspects: prevention
and treatment. (Dec.)

Kim Ji-young, nacida en 1982
(Kim Ji-young, born in 1982)
Cha Nam-joo
Alfaguara
ISBN 978-84-204-3967-9
Kim Ji-young, and ordinary
woman, begins to speak with
the voices of her mother, a
missing friend, and many
other women—and her life
changes. (Sept.)

Manual para mujeres de la
limpieza
(A Manual for Cleaning
Women)
Lucía Berlin
Alfaguara
ISBN 978-84-204-3774-3
Posthumously published short stories
uncover moments of grace in
Laundromats and halfway houses of
the American Southwest, in the
homes of the Bay Area upper class,
among switchboard operators and

struggling mothers. (Oct.)

Memorias de Adriano
(Hadrian’s Memoirs)
Marguerite Yourcenar
DeBolsillo
ISBN 978-98-772-5367-2
A well-researched novel cap-
tures the spirit of Emperor
Hadrian and of ancient
Rome. (Nov.)

La oración de Daniel
(The Daniel Prayer)
Anne Graham Lotz
Origen
ISBN 978-16-447-3120-8
Graham Lotz teaches how to
pray effectively for one’s
nation, family, and oneself.
(Oct.)

El planeta inhóspito
(The Uninhabitable Earth)
David Wallace-Wells
Debate
ISBN 978-84-180-0603-6
A travelogue of the near future exposes
the climate troubles that await: food
shortages, refugee emergencies, and
other crises that will reshape life. (Oct.)

El poder de los hábitos.
Por qué hacemos lo que
hacemos en la vida y los
negocios
(The Power of Habit)
Charles Duhigg
Random House Audio
ISBN 978-1-984-83321-1
This book demonstrates
that by understanding the
three-step “loop” all habits
form in the brain—cue,
routine, reward—one can change
behavior and take control of one’s
lives. (Nov.)

Los testamentos
(The testaments)
Margaret Atwood
Salamandra
ISBN 978-84-173-8485-2
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