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NAMASTÉ

Author: Bruno Thursday 22 September 2022

This week’s post is very special, not only for the agency, but for our readers too. Héctor García and Francesc Miralles are releasing a new book after the success of IKIGAI, which has been translated into 66 languages and of which they have sold more than 2,500,000 copies worldwide. Nobody knew the word IKIGAI, and these two authors explained its meaning and the reason for each one to find their IKIGAI and be happier. The world has thanked them in return, because after seven years they are still selling and this phenomenon is growing steadily in all the countries of the world, including the United States. In that territory we have 11 editions without being American authors. So, as we can see, this tandem does nothing but add up, and this week we start with their new book titled NAMASTE. This word, better known to most of us, means “I bow to you” or “my soul salutes yours”, it is the traditional Hindu greeting and implies the recognition that there is a divine spark in every one of us. From this perspective, the authors propose a path to harmony, awareness and well-being, this time inspired by Indian wisdom. This has been spreading throughout the world for years, just as Japanese wisdom did in its time. Without detracting from each other, as they are not mutually exclusive, but both bring light amid so much shadow.

In less than 20 key concepts, the authors have traced a complete geography of happiness that allows us to leave suffering behind, awaken our creative power and live with health and energy in any phase of life. Namaste is one more tool to help us live fully in a chaotic world where noise and bad news occupy a large part of our daily lives. This book is a path of reconnection with the sacred that you will want to take to build the present you deserve and the future you dream of.  These two authors turn timeless concepts into real and transformative experiences for you, the reader, to understand and apply in life in a healthy and natural way. I am sure that IKIGAI fans will not hesitate for a second to turn to NAMASTE. There are already many of us readers, but I recommend that, if anyone is not yet familiar with these two writers, they should go for both books. They can be the lifesaver we are all looking for to better understand what we are doing here and what we can do is to have hope that we can contribute something and achieve a full life.

Francesc Miralles is my friend, a vital author in the life of my agency, and in my personal life. He has always been by my side, and we have grown up together and we have been at each other’s sides in the publishing world with everything. It is an extraordinary adventure, and a story we will tell one day. Thanks to him I have authors like Héctor García, another ace, who from afar trusts our work, and many other authors who have come from his hand, and who are also leading lights in the genres they cultivate. Francesc not only writes well, but he is a magician in the world of literature, because he recognises a bestseller at a glance, and from an apparently insignificant subject he can make a book that sells millions of copies. This can only be done by him. He deserves recognition for his career, beyond selling books, which he has already achieved. So, I can only say: NAMASTE my friend, thank you for continuing to walk hand in hand with me, never letting go, not even in difficult times, and for believing that this distant horizon that we both see every year that passes, has no end.

POWERFUL WOMEN, QUEENS OF HISTORY

Author: Bruno Thursday 15 September 2022

Second week of blog reviews and one of the most awaited novels for me. Laura Mas, an author who published her first book THE MASTER OF SOCRATES in the middle of the pandemic, is back with a new novel starring another strong and powerful woman: OLIMPIA.

It is not easy to find novels about ancient history written by women, and Laura has found that niche within the literary panorama and she does it with distinction. The first book, despite the inconvenient time in which it came out, did not sell badly at all, and the reviews were remarkable. I assure you that the story of OLIMPIA, mother of Alexander the Great, will not leave anyone indifferent.

Macedonia, 357 BC. The young princess of Epirus, Myrtle, moves into the palace of Pella after her marriage to Philip, King of Macedonia. The two have sealed an unbeatable alliance between their respective kingdoms, but she soon finds it difficult to adapt to a court where she must live with the rest of Philip’s wives. In addition, her fondness for snakes will be rejected by some aristocrats and nobles, including her own husband.

A year later, Mirtale gives birth to a child and changes her name to Olimpia, thus beginning a period in which her top priority would be the survival of her dynasty. Ambitious and non-conformist, Olimpia will overcome all the difficulties that come her way and defy anyone who jeopardises her interests.

Even though not much has been said about this fascinating woman, Laura Mas builds a novel in which she gives voice to Olimpia, who will tell us in first person her own story: for years, she will try to make a place for herself in a court where intrigues and power struggles flourished. With her strong character, her clear intelligence and, above all, the authority that came from being Alexander’s mother, the queen will fight against everything and everyone to put her son on the throne.

Olympias is the portrait of a woman who transcended the gender roles of her time to raise her dynasty to glory. Feared by her contemporaries and reviled by history, she was truly responsible for Alexander the Great’s reign in Macedonia.

A novel with all the ingredients for international success; a powerful female protagonist and the agile pen of a young and special author like Laura.

DAYS OF REST, DAYS OF READING

Author: Bruno Thursday 1 April 2021

This week we will have a break due to the Easter holidays. The agency will remain closed from Thursday to Monday, but we would like to recommend reading, as it is one of the biggest companies. We cannot travel much, luckily more than a couple of weeks ago, but a book always keeps company, in the good times and bad times, when travelling and when at home… and finding a moment for reading is not only healthy but therapeutical and recommendable for anyone. Here is a link with the novelties of the authors in the agency. We know there is a book for each reader and a reader for each book. Enjoy this break and let us know if you have taken on any of our titles and if you liked it. Read to live.

THE WORLD HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

Author: Bruno Thursday 25 March 2021

The blog today is very special for me. Firstly, because thanks to another author, Francesc Soler, I have an author like Miriam Tirado, a reference in parenting and relationships. And thanking someone who helps you is something I have learnt from Miriam. I would like to thank Francesc for giving me the opportunity and Miriam for trusting me with her picture books, as she is an example among parents and, with her book RABIETAS, we have sold over 75,000 copies, after publishing right after the damn pandemic dashed so many plans. However, everything has a bright side and, during the lockdown Miriam used her Instagram to write different stories about how we felt, giving voice to parents, neighbors, grandparents, brothers, lovers, and couples in constant ebullition and, thus, you felt appealed by them and by what the world was experiencing. I can promise I waited every night for her to post the story, as it was a moment of peace for me, in such a hard lockdown. So, I should also thank her for that and for considering putting those stories into a book, with the title of REMOVIDAS, which is what Miriam’s stories made us feel and which has been published by Urano in Spanish and by Rosa dels Vents in Catalan (REMOGUDES). These tangled stories move us and characters who draw strength to keep growing and advancing in a period which has taught us that here and now is all that matters-It has faced us with the famous CARPE DIEM that Robin Williams taught to his pupils in the film, Dead Poets Society.
 
This is a book I recommend to everyone as we have all suffered and are still suffering this strike which has changed our lives, one way or another and is challenging us, but as Miriam says, we should let go and consider that all of this will pass and will have helped us relocate.
 
It does not mean that the change has been easy or that our future will be, many of us have struggled and are working to make it as easy as possible. But these stories will help us reflect and work as mirrors to gather strength, as the last thing we should lose is hope.
 
An efficient book which is well written, sympathetic, and necessary.

I LIKE BARCELONA

Author: Bruno Thursday 18 March 2021

Sunday was the first anniversary of the lockdown due to coronavirus. The city of Barcelona was left alone, dim, and empty. I have always liked life in Barcelona and consider the neighborhoods in the city emblematic. Eixample is one of them and walking though it is something I always enjoyed and by reading Berta Jardí’s novel SABER ESTAR, published by Univers, I have been able to feel the Eixample that I like so much.
 
The novel is a great walk through the current Barcelona, a walk from the perspective of its main character a typical bourgeois of Eixample, a lady who reflects on her surrounding, her reality and on the city which used to be hers and is increasingly unknown. She walks and reflects on her personal relations, the siege of tourist and her relationship with her children. She will also remember her husband, deceased some years ago. A lady who is extinguishing. The clash between the past and the present through a very special perspective.
 
A novel with Barcelona as the background and character, from the bourgeois Eixample to the more popular areas. A portrait of Barcelona in the past and a reflection on Barcelona today.
 
Berta Jardí is a fine author who knows how to create wonderful characters and an evocative portrait of our city and its changes. A short and intense novel which will please the general public and will leave a good taste in their mouths.



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