A Luminous Republic
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Lord of the Flies meets Javier Marias, a dark and glinty literary gem with huge potential.
Andrés Barba Book order
January 1, 1975
Andrés Barba is an award-winning author of numerous books. He was recognized as one of Granta's Best Young Spanish novelists and received a prestigious literary award for his work. His writing delves deeply into the human psyche, offering readers a profound and unique literary experience.
- 2020
- 2018
The Right Intention
- 277 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Four linked novellas from the celebrated Spanish author of Such Small Hands.
- 2017
Her father died instantly, her mother in the hospital. She has learned to say this flatly and without emotion, the way she says her name (Marina), her doll's name (also Marina) and her age (seven). Her parents were killed in a car crash and now she lives in the orphanage with the other little girls. But Marina is not like the other little girls.In the curious, hyperreal, feverishly serious world of childhood, Marina and the girls play games of desire and warfare. The daily rituals of playtime, lunchtime and bedtime are charged with a horror; horror is licked by the dark flames of love. When Marina introduces the girls to Marina the Doll, she sets in motion a chain of events from which there can be no release