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Carlos Fuentes

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165 x 240 mm; 72 pgs. Hardback with dust jacket

Aura Carlos Fuentes Illustrations: Alejandra Acosta From the very first lines, you will be absorbed in this game of mirrors that will see the reader reflected in the protagonist and will immerse you in the unsettling atmosphere of Aura, riddled with ambiguous shadows and murky silences. You will walk, with muffled steps, through the captivating enviroment of an old manor house which draws the shilouette of a labyrinth outside of time. After two decades without reprint, Aura is once again being published in Spain. The illustrations of Alejandra Acosta intensify contrasts and give tangible form to this mirage, like an oasis that invites the reader to enter its shifting sands.

“You won’t look at your watch again, this useless object that falsely measures a time in agreement with human vanity, these hands that tediously mark the long hours, invented to deceive true time the time which passes with an insulting speed, mortal, that no watch or clock can gauge.”

Alejandra Acosta Santiago de Chile, 1975. Graphic designer and illustrator, lives and works in Santiago de Chile. She teaches at the School of Design of the University of Development and is professor of Management and Production of Illustrated Publications at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She has obtained on several occasions the medal at the Chilean Section of IBBY.

New Title! Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad Illustrated by

Enrique Breccia

His partiticipation, the age of thirthy-three, in the massacre of the Congo in the name of the Belgian King, Leopold II, was an irreversible experience for Conrad, who, regretful and disenchanted with his naïve ideals of youth, lays bare the noble European cause and the pillaging spirit of the Empires in this novel.

165 x 240 mm; 160 pgs. Hardback with Jacket

Marlow, the author’s alter ego, narrates an ancient journey into the depths of the African jungle, where he must meet with the mysterious leader of an ivory exploitation operation, whose methods are harming the company’s interest; Kurtz, an implacable, cruel figure, venerated by the natives, whose presence grows as the story progresses. Breccia’s art expresses with singular mastery the tensions of Conrad’s story between the latent and brutal forces of the human condition and the indomitable darkness of the jungle.

Enrique Breccia Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1945. He is the author of such emblematic works in the comic genre as The Life of Che (1969); Alvar Mayor (1976); The Travels of Marco Mono (1981) and Lope de Aguirre (1989). He has published Lovecraft (2002) for the DC Comic publishing house, who also published his famous collaborations for the series Batman: Gotham Knights (2001) and Swamp Thing (2004). In 1963 he won the Gold Medal at the Salon of the Argentinean Cartoonists Association and the 1983 Pléyade Prize for the best graphic production of the year.

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165 x 240 mm; 216 pgs. Paperback with flaps

Going to Bed With the Queen Roland Topor Illustrations:

Pat Andrea

Powerful doses of dark humour and surrealism are revealed in the pages of Going to Bet With the Queen and Other Delights, from the irreverent and caustic French writer of Polish origin, Roland Topor. Reading his short stories is akin to walking on the sharp edge of his surname (Axe in Polish), confronting both the imminent and the unexpected. The Toporian banquet is served raw; the author invites the reader to partke of nourishment for one’s own wonder. Pat Andrea emphasizes the great and powerful of the court in the Toporian scenes throug disproportionate, distorted bodies and chromatic contrasts that intensify the effect of the grotesque.

“The child to whom the last question was directed lifts up a bloody stump. At the teacher’s nod, he asked ‘Please may I be excused, sir?’ Mr Laurent gives his consent. The child drags himself to the half torn up door and jumps into the void.”

Pat Andrea The Hague, The Netherlands, 1942. Studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Art of the Hague. In 1979 took part along with D. Hockney, R. B. Kitaj and A. López in the exhibition which would found one of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century: La nouvelle subjectivité. In 1998 he was appointed professor at the National School of Fine Art in Paris. His work is found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Gemeente Museum in the Hague, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Frissiras Museum in Athens, among others.

165 x 240 mm; 96 pgs. Hardback with dust jacket

The Old Man at the Bridge Ernest Hemingway Illustrations: Pere Ginard Epilogue: Ian Gibson It is Easter Sunday 1938. At a pontoon bridge across the Ebro river during the Spanish Civil War, an army scout encounters an old man who seems anchored to bridge, where people are crossing to escape the war zone. In the middle of a military action, the old man, who was only taking care of his animals, has been forced to leave his hometown. He is disoriented, confused and too tired to go any further. He will probably die at the bridge. Another innocent victim who has been uprooted and displaced by the war. The epilogue of Ian Gibson, a specialist in Contemporary History, offers an accurate and rigorous contextualization of the facts underlying the Hemingway story.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was watching the bridge and the African looking country of the Ebro Delta and wondering how long now it would be before we would see the enemy, and listening all the while for the first noises that would signal that ever mysterious event called contact, and the old man still sat there.â&#x20AC;?

Pere Ginard Mallorca, 1974. Illustrator, filmmaker and co-founder of Laboratorium multidisciplinary studio. He studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and Illustration at the Massana School. As an illustrator, he has won numerous awards, including the Injuve 2000, the Children's Illustrated Album prize City of Alicante and the Junceda Prize for illustration. His works have been exhibited at the Children's Book Fair in Bologna, the Itabashi Art Museum in Tokyo and at the Korea Nami Concours.

Exemplary crimes Max Aub Illustrated by

Liniers

This is the defence of a brilliant prolific criminal, who gives free rein to the most irrational, though not at all less universal, homicide instincts. This classic text examines the dark art of murder to reveal the absurd. A collection of brief confessions that ironically elevates mediocre and oftentimes accidental acts to a level of admiration. Max Aub achieved, through micro-story, to combine black humour and nonsense, this formula is brilliantly reproduced by Liniers in each of his illustrations. 160 x 240 mm; 96 pgs. Soft Cover with Flaps

“We were at the edge of the pavement, waiting for the go. Cars followed one another at full speed, one after another, tailgating with their lights. I just had to pull a little bit. We had been married for twelve years. She was of no worth.”

Liniers Buenos Aires, Argentina 1975. Father of Macanudo’s comic strips, began studying Laws and then he enrolled for Advertising, but he never practiced any of these disciplines. Eager reader of Hergé, Goscinny and Quino, he started his career as illustrator making fanzines. His first works are very influenced by the world of cinema. He has collaborated in magazines and publications like The New Yorker or Spirou. His multifaceted character has led him to do almost everything, even painting live with the musician Kevin Johansen.

160 x 240 mm; 124 pgs. Soft Cover with Flaps

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22 x 29 cm; 96 pp. Hardback with cloth binding

The Stab The Tango of Returning Illustrated by Pat Andrea Epilogue by Enrique Vila-Matas Pat Andrea arrived in Buenos Aires in the aftermath of general Videla’s coup. Shocked by the atmosphere of violence, he worked on a series of drawings whose obsessive subject was the stab, an image taken from the tango with that title. Once in Europe, he contacted Julio Cortázar, who, fascinated with the images, decided to offer him a short story: The Tango of Returning

“On the fifth day he saw him following Flora who was going to the store… and everything became future, like the unread pages in that novel left face down in a sofa, something already written and which one didn’t even have to read because it was already fulfilled before reading…”

15,5 x 15,5 cm; 40 pp. Hardback with dust jacket

Bertolt Brecht Ballad on Approving of the World Illustrated by

Henning Wagenbreth Brecht wrote this Ballad in 1932. It is an ironical and lucid denunciation against bourgeois domination and the different social strata: politicians, military men, judges, policemen and intellectuals supporting that domination. Moreover, its perceptive text aims at shaking a society that was going to give power to those who “are about to slit humanity’s throat”.

“Since poverty and baseness leave me cold My pen falls silent; times are on the move. Yet all that’s dirtiest in your dirty world Includes, I know, the fact that I approve.”

Henning Wagenbreth Eberswalde, 1962. His graphic work has been published in numerous books, in the press, on billboards and murals, and is characterized by a fusion of styles and techniques: it has drawn as much on the underground and on illustration art in Eastern Europe, as on expressionism and Frans Masereel’s xilographies. Wagenbreth is Illustration and Graphic Design professor in the Arts University of Berlin, and in the 90s he developed the TOBOT project, an automatic illustration program, along with his students. Among his awards, the first Goldene Letter prize in the “Most Beautiful Books of the World” category stands out.

The legend of the Holy Drinker

Joseph Roth Illustrated by

Pablo Auladell

The Legend of the Holy D rink er, a novella by Joseph Roth, was published in 1939, shortly after the author’s death. It tells the story of Andreas Kartak, an alcoholic vagrant of Polish origin, who one day receives the generous gift of two hundred francs from a stranger. Upon Andreas’ refusal, the stranger insists, telling him that if he wants to return the money later on, he must offer it to Saint Thé rè se of Lisieux, whose statuette stands in the chapel of the Sainte Marie de Batignolles church. Andreas promises to keep his word, but his journey to the church is constantly diverted by old friends, unexpected encounters, and glasses of absinthe. 165 x 240 mm; 7 2 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Pablo Auladell A licante, Spain, 1972. He has been given the Second National Illustration Prize from the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 2005 for P eiter, P eter and P eer and other A ndersen Tales. The Saló del Cò mic de Barcelona has awarded him the Best New Talented Author Award 2006 for the book La Torre Blanca. In 2012, the book A las y O las, written by Pablo Albo and illustrated by Pablo Auladell, receives the Second National Prize for Best Children’s Book 2012 from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. He currently lives and works in Alicante.

“So they bring our poor Andreas into the vestry, and unfortunately he’s no longer capable of speech, all he can do is reach for the left inside pocket of his jacket where he has the money he owes the little creditress, and he says: ‘ Miss Thé rè se! ’ - and he sighs once, and he dies. May God grant us all, all of us drinkers, such a good and easy death! ”

18 0 x 265 mm; 269 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Lord of the Flies

William Golding Illustrated by

Jorge González

Published in 195 4, Lord of the F lies is the first and most important novel of the British author William Golding. A group of boys, the sole survivors of a plane accident, are forced to survive on a desert island. A disturbing moral fable that exposes its characters to situations of extreme isolation, both psychological and spiritual. Bit by bit the boys stop obeying the conventions of civilization, leading to a turbulent and cruel confrontation, and an inevitable distressing and uneasy end. Lord of the F lies is a truly dreadful allegory; a masterpiece.

Jorge González Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1970. In 2001 he published Hard S tory , with a script by Horacio Altuna, with whom he also worked on Hate J az z ( 2006.) He published M endigo with Carlos Jorge in 2005 , and in 2008 they presented K inú y la ley de A m arok , F uenteovejuna, La O disea and N ils et le dragon bleu, the latter published by Bayard Press. He won the First International Prize for Graphic Novels FNAC-Sins Entido for F uey e. In 2009 he illustrated P asos by Lope de Rueda, and in 2011 his last book, D ear P atagonia, was published.

“Here, struck down by the heat, the sow fell and the hunters hurled themselves at her. This dreadful eruption form an unknown world made her frantic; she squealed and bucked an the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror.”

18 0 x 265 mm 224 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Report on the Blind Ernesto Sabato Illustrated by

Luis Scafati

From the confined world of a mad man, the details of a systematized delirium are described with a forewarned tragic ending: “When did this begin which shall now end with my murder? ” Published in 1961 in the novel O n heroes and tom bs, a classic of Latin American literature. I n Rep ort on the Blind, Ernesto Sabato created a version of Hell, where the reader dares to abandon all hope, were there will be no redemption. Luis Scafati masterfully illustrates the details of this dark labyrinth in black and white.

“Impressive” Thomas Mann “I admire his toughness and intensity” Albert Camus

Luis Scafati M endoz a, Argentina, 1947. Studied Art at the National University of Cuyo. His work has been exhibited in Barcelona, Frankfurt and Madrid and forms part of the collections of major museums in Buenos Aires; it is also owned by the House of Humour and Satire ( Bulgaria) , the Collection of Cartoons ( Switzerland) and the University of Essex ( England) . His work has been published in Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Spain and Turkey. He won the Grand Prix of Honour at the National Comics Salon ( Buenos Aires, 1981) .

“Oh gods of the night! Oh gods of darkness, of incest and crime, melancholy and suicide! Oh gods of of rats and caverns, of bats and cockroaches! Oh violent and inscrutable gods of dreams and death! ”

Alessandro Sanna Andersen Award 2009

Marcovaldo Italo Calvino Illustrated by

Alessandro Sanna

“In the midst of a city of cement and asphalt, Marcovaldo goes in search of Nature. But, does Nature still exist? What he finds is a Nature that is disdainful, malformed, committed to artificial life. A book for children? For youth? For adults? Or rather a book in which the author expresses his own relationship, perplexed and arrogant, with the world? ” Italo Calvino. Written in 1963, M arcovaldo, or the S easons in the C ity , is a series of modern fables of notable clarity, whose protagonist, a melancholy workman, comes to life through the illustrations by the renowned Italian artist Alessandro Sanna.

“Bending to tie his shoes, he took a better look: they were mushrooms, real mushrooms, sprouting right in the heart of the city! To Marcovaldo the gray and wretched world surrounding him seemed suddenly generous with hidden riches; something could still be expected of life, beyond the hourly wage of his stipulated salary, with inflation index, family grant, and cost-of-living allowance”.

Alessandro Sanna

165 x 240 mm; 192 pgs. Hardback with J acket

N ogara, Italy, 1975 . Considered one of Italy' s leading contemporary illustrators, he has earned wide recognition across Europe as an illustrator and author. His work has appeared in the national daily I l sole 2 4 ore, as cover art for the prestigious Italian publisher Einaudi, and his numerous publications include illustrated volumes by authors such as Daivd Grossman, Italo Calvino, and Gianni Rodari. His work has been exhibited in Italy, France, Israel, and Korea. In 2006, he was awarded the Andersen Prize for best Libro d’arte, and in 2009 he received the Andersen Prize for Best Illustrator of the Year. He lives and works in Mantua.

18 0 x 265 mm; 224 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Pop. 1280 Jim Thompson Illustrated by

Jordi Bernet

Nick Corey is the sheriff of Potts County, a town in the American south where some one thousand two hundred and eighty souls scrape by. Nick reveals himself to be cowardly and lazy: he is an immoral man who harbors no regrets, and raised in a backward, racist, and misogynistic environment, he acts with cruelty and perversity, and will let others take the blame for his crimes. A masterpiece, P op . 1 2 8 0 encapsulates Jim Thompson’s vision of power and its corruption of society. The images from the celebrated artist Jordi Bernet, as powerful as they are suggestive, immortalize a work that is unique in its genre.

“The second thing I' m gonna do,” I said, “is somethin’ I should have done long ago. I’m gonna give you both barrels of this shotgun right in your stupid, stinking guts.” And I did it. It didn' t quite kill him, although he was dying fast.

“Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered.” Stanley Kubrick

Jordi Bernet Barcelona, Spain, 1944. He is one of the great contemporary comics illustrators and authors. Since his beginnings, he has worked in all genres of comics: westerns, adventure, fantasy, science fiction or historicals. It was not until 1982, however, that he made his claim to fame by taking over the series Torpedo from Alex Toth in the Spanish C reep y magazine, for which he received the Alfred Award for Best Foreign Work ( France 1986) . In 1991, the Salón del Cómic de Barcelona recognized him for his body of work, in 1995 he was awarded the Yellow Kid Prize for Best international Artist in Rome, and in 2011 he was given the Inkpot Award in San Diego.

240 x 3 20 mm; 54 pgs. Hardback

Bluebeard Charles Perrault Illustrated by

Carlos Nine

Published in 1697, Bluebeard’s story blends fiction and reality. Probably inspired by the figure of Gilles de Rais, Marshal of France, accused of more than 140 murders, the tale was very popular until the beginning of the twentieth century. Nowadays, its dramatic quality has been eroded by consecutive versions that have adapted it to the modern canon of children fairy tales. This edition restores Charles Perrault’s uncensored original version, illustrated by Carlos Nine, one of the greatest contemporary artists. His interpretation transcends all meanings and makes it one of the best representations of its time.

Carlos Nine Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1944. He used to write for The N ew Y ork er, The N ew Y ork Tim es and Le M onde, and he has also illustrated many books for publishers in The United States, Europe and Asia, while his works have been exhibited in Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Milan, Poitiers and Rome. In 1988 he was honoured as Best Artist Abroad at the Barcelona Comic Fair; in 1993 he was awarded the Silver Clio Prize in New York; later in 1995 he was awarded the Caran d’Ache Prize for Illustration, and in 1997 he was awarded the International Catalonia Prize for Illustration. In 2001 the Superior School of Image in Angoulê me gave him an award for his life' s work.

“Having come to the closet door, she made a stop for some time, thinking about her husband' s orders, and considering what unhappiness might attend her if she was disobedient; but the temptation was so strong that she could not overcome it.”

“A style and imagination such as Levrero’s are uncommon in literature written in Spanish”. Antonio Muñ oz Molina

Rabbit Hunt Mario Levrero Illustrated by

Sonia Pulido

A masterpiece from Uruguayan writer Mario Levrero, who has become an essential benchmark in present-day Latin American literature. The pictures by the prestigious Catalan artist Sonia Pulido create a great trap, devised by rabbits to catch men once and for all, out of this disturbing surrealist hunt. 165 x 240 mm; 154 pgs. Hardback with dust jacket

“We went on a rabbit hunt. It was a well-organized expedition led by an idiot. We had red hats. And shotguns, daggers, machine-guns, cannons and tanks. Others were empty-handed. Laura was naked. Once in the huge forest, the idiot raised his hand and gave the order to disperse. We had a full plan. All the details had been anticipated. There were lone hunters, and there were groups of two, three or fifteen. Altogether we were many, and nobody planned to follow the orders.”

Sonia Pulido Barcelona, Spain, 1973. Sonia Pulido studied Fine Art at the University of Barcelona. Her illustrations appear in newspapers and magazines such as Rock delux , El P aí s S em anal, Harp er’ s Baz aar and Boston Globe. She has been awarded with the First Prize for Illustration Injuve in 2002 and has been a finalist of the prestigious Young Illustrators Award in Z urich and of the American Illustration Award, in 2008. She has exhibited her work in Spain, Mexico, Bolivia and Iceland.

Knock Out Jack London Illustrated by

Enrique Breccia

Written between 1905 and 1911, the stories collected in K nock O ut include “A Piece of Steak”, “The Mexican” and “The Game”. Three boxing stories, three fascinating tales whose intensity grows page after page to a fever pitch. Jack London and three memorable fights, with the epic character typical of his literature. Enrique Breccia, one of the great contemporary illustrators, has drawn twenty black and white prints that confer a powerful realism to each of these adventures, packed with excitement and courage. Pages where the images and the stories attract our attention, eventually transforming it into pure excitement. 165 x 240 mm; 13 2 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Enrique Breccia Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1945 . He is the author of such emblematic works in the comic genre as The Life of C he ( 1969) ; A lvar M ay or ( 1976) ; The Travels of M arco M ono ( 1981) and Lop e de A guirre ( 1989) . He has published Lovecraft ( 2002) for DC Comic, who also published his famous collaborations for the series Batm an: Gotham K nights ( 2001) and S wam p Thing ( 2004) . In 1963 he won the Gold Medal at the Salon of the Argentinean Cartoonists Association and the 1983 Plé yade Prize for the best graphic production of the year.

“You’re yellow! You’re yellow! ” “Open up, you cur! Open up! ” “Kill’m, Danny! Kill ’m! ” “You sure got ’m! Kill ’m! ”

The Scarlet Plague Jack London Illustrated by

Luis Scafati

Initially published in The London M agaz ine in 1912, The S carlet P lague is a postapocalyptic novel, whose action unfolds in 2072, sixty years after a relentless epidemic decimated the human race, condemning the survivors to a new primitivism, savage and violent. An old teacher desperately tries to restore civilization' s values and instill them in his grandchildren, in a long and difficult path to knowledge. In The S carlet P lague, Jack London displays his own time’s desperation, updated by recognized illustrator Luis Scafati with powerful images in a tale both real and possible. 165 x 240 mm; 164 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Luis Scafati M endoz a, Argentina, 1947. Studied Art at the National University of Cuyo. His work has been exhibited in Barcelona, Frankfurt and Madrid and forms part of the collections of major museums in Buenos Aires; it is also owned by the House of Humour and Satire ( Bulgaria) , the Collection of Cartoons ( Switzerland) and the University of Essex ( England) . His work has been published in Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Spain and Turkey. He won the Grand Prix of Honour at the National Comics Salon ( Buenos Aires, 1981) .

“And the word came of a strange disease that had broken out in New York. There were seventeen millions of people living then in that noblest city of America. Nobody thought anything about the news. It was only a small thing. There had been only a few deaths. It seemed, though, that they had died very quickly, and that one of the first signs of the disease was the turning red of the face and all the body...”

Helena’s Dreams Eduardo Galeano Illustrated by

Isidro Ferrer

Throughout his life, Eduardo Galeano has been transcribing his wife’s dreams. This book brings Helena’s dreams together for the first time in the form of a story. Friends, strangers, journeys, exiles and reunions are intertwined through an itinerary of adventures. Isidro Ferrer has been able to interpret, through exquisite sculptures, all the beauty of these stories dreamt for dreamers of any age. 160 x 240 mm; 64 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Isidro Ferrer M adrid, Spain, 1963. Designer, poster maker, illustrator, Isidro Ferrer is one of the celebrated graphic artists of our day. For his editorial work he received the Spanish National Prize for Best Edited Book in 1993, the Laus de Plata Award for Illustration in 1996, the Lazarillo Prize for Illustration awarded by the OEPLI and the Spanish Ministry for Education in 1996, the Serra d' Or Critics Prize in 2000, the Daniel Gil Illustration Prize in 2003, the Junceda Prize for Illustration in 2006, the Spanish National Illustration Prize in 2006, and the Spanish Association of Professional Designers Award.

“Sleeping, she saw us. Helena dreamt that we were queuing in an airport the same as all airports and we were made to pass, through a machine, our pillows. In each pillow, the pillow from last night, the machine read the dreams. It was a dangerous dream detecting machine for the safety of the general public.”

140 x 210 mm; 17 4 pp. Hardback

Letters to Ophé lia Fernando Pessoa Illustrated by

Antonio Seguí

Prologue by Antonio Tabucchi 48 letters and 16 poems bear witness to the secret romance between the Portuguese poet and young Ophé lia Q ueiroz. A correspondence built up during the decisive years of Fernando Pessoa’s literary production. Antonio Tabucchi’s prologue offers a thorough reflection on these collected letters. The great fine artist Antonio Seguí has created more than thirty watercolors to illustrate these letters.

15 October 1920 Little Baby, You have thousands, even millions, of good reasons for being irked, offended, and arky with me. But I’m not the one to blame. It’s Fate that has condemned my brain– if not definitively, then at least to a condition calling for serious treatment, which I’m not so sure I can get. I plan ( without yet resorting to the celebrated May 11th decree) to enter a clinic next month, where I’m hoping for a treatment that will help me fend off the black wave that’s falling over my mind. I don’t know what the result of all this will be– I mean, I can’t imagine what it could be. Don’t wait for me. If I come to see you, it will be in the morning, when you’re on your way to the office in Poç o Novo. Don’t worry. What happened, you ask? I got switched with Á lvaro de Campos! Always your Fernando

Antonio Seguí C ó rdoba, Argentina, 1934. His work was awarded the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Print Biennial ( 1966) ; the International Prize for painting at Darmstadt, Germany ( 1967) ; the Grand Prix at the Krakow Print Biennial ( 1968) ; the Grand Prix of the National Arts Fund, Buenos Aires ( 1990) ; the Gold Medal of the Triennial of Graphic Arts in Norway ( 1995 ) . In 2005 the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris organized an acclaimed retrospective of his work.

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An unusual bestiary and a surprising book of tales in which poetry, humour and social commentary flow together, The Great Z oo is one of the key works in Latin American poetry. Guillen’s astonishing verbal power achieves its maximum expression in these texts. With these illustrations, Arnal Ballester, winner of the National Prize for Illustration 2008, has managed to establish a surprising dialogue with the words of the great Cuban poet, to create an unparalleled work. 160 x 240 mm; 64 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Arnal Ballester Barcelona, Spain, 195 5 . A teacher of illustration at the Massana School of Art and Design in Barcelona, he has published over fifty books. In 1993 he won Spain’s National Award for Illustrations for Children and Young Adults, and in 1994, he won the Illustrator of the Year prize at the Bologna-UNICEF Book Fair. In 1996 his work appeared in the international exhibition The Secret Garden, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Bologna Book Fair. In 2008 the Spanish Ministry of Culture awarded him the National Illustration Prize.

In the aquarium of the Great Z oo, / swims the Caribbean. This seagoing / and enigmatic animal / has a crystal crescent, a blue back, a green tail, / a belly of dense coral, / gray fins of cylcone speed. In the aquarium, this inscription: “Beware: it bites.”

160 x 240 mm; 58 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Parisian Tales Mario Benedetti Illustrated by

Antonio Segu

The stories in this book talk about exile, love, loneliness, indifference and friendship. They are profound stories, told in a simple way with Paris as their common background. However this is not the Paris that one finds on postcards but rather it is that Paris which marked the life of many generations during the 1960s and 1970s. The main characters are men and women whose way of feeling and thinking moves us and inevitably captivates us.

Antonio Seguí

The illustrations by the great artist Antonio Seguí recreate this raw, poetic and sometimes comical world that thrums in these memorable pages of Mario Benedetti.

C ó rdoba, Argentina, 1934. His work was awarded the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Print Biennial ( 1966) ; the International Prize for painting at Darmstadt, Germany ( 1967) ; the Grand Prix at the Krakow Print Biennial ( 1968) ; the Grand Prix of the National Arts Fund, Buenos Aires ( 1990) ; the Gold Medal of the Triennial of Graphic Arts in Norway ( 1995 ) . In 2005 the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris organized a successful retrospective of his work.

“In the house on Rue Blomet, Madame Benoit greeted us with her usual sharp and distant smile. He held out his hand to her and said in his usual way that he was pleased that Mrs. Mé ndez [ Madame Mandé s] had arrived safely. She smiled and stammered out another banal pleasantry inreply. He got her key and they went up to the room.”

Juan Gelman winner of the Cervantes Prize 2008

160 x 240 mm; 64 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Under Someone Else’s Rain Juan Gelman Illustrated by

Carlos Alonso

Juan Gelman wrote U nder S om eone Else’ s Rain in 1980, during his exile in Rome. These texts form a mosaic of poignant reflections on exile, absence and grief. Created with a similar degree of feeling and depth, Carlos Alonso’s etchings resonate perfectly with Gelman' s words..

Carlos Alonso Tunuy á n, Argentina, 1929. Painter, sculptor and illustrator, he studied Fine Art at the University of Cuyo, Mendoza, where he was taught by Lino Spilimbergo. He has illustrated works by Pablo Neruda, Dante Alighieri and Miguel de Cervantes. Since the seventies, the expressive power and social commitment that characterise his work have earned widespread recognition, with exhibitions all over the world. Between 1976 and 1981 he lived in exile in Rome and Madrid. Alonso is one of the great figures in Latin American art.

“I close my eyes in the Roman sunshine. You pass over Rome, Sun, and in a few hours over what used to be my home, not taking me with you but lighting up places where I’m missing, which I claim, which claim me. You’ll warm them anyway, just when I’ll be shivering with cold.”

Meeting | Julio Cortázar Illustrated by

Enrique Breccia

M eeting describes the difficult days that followed the landing of the Granma on the coast of Cuba, when Ernesto Guevara made his mark as a combatant in the revolution. Written vividly in the first person, the voice of “Che” recalls their exhausting days spent among the mangrove swamps, the setbacks that he had to face alongside his comrades in arms and his baptism of fire at the battle of Alegrí a del Pí o. The intensity of M eeting, its epic quality and profound emotions, make it an example of Julio Cortázar' s incomparable talent, and his ability to depict the profound humanity of one of the 20th century' s most admired figures. Enrique Breccia' s illustrations recreate this account' s key moments. 18 0 x 265 mm; 40 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Enrique Breccia Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1945 . He is the author of such emblematic works in the comic genre as The Life of C he ( 1969) ; A lvar M ay or ( 1976) ; The Travels of M arco M ono ( 1981) and Lop e de A guirre ( 1989) . He has published Lovecraft ( 2002) for DC Comic, who also published his famous collaborations for the series Batm an: Gotham K nights ( 2001) and S wam p Thing ( 2004) . In 1963 he won the Gold Medal at the Salon of the Argentinean Cartoonists Association and the 1983 Plé yade Prize for the best graphic production of the year.

“I remember the man who started to shout that we had to surrender, and the voice that answered him between two bursts of a Thompson, the voice of the Lieutenant, a roar above the shooting: “No one surrenders here, dammit! ”

José Muñoz winner of the Grand Prix d’Angoulême 2007

The Pursuer | Julio Cortázar Illustrated by

José Muñ oz

The P ursuer is one of Julio Cortázar’s greatest literary achievements and a classic of 20th century literature. With a existential background, the story describes the final days of Johnny Carter, a virtuoso saxophonist whose life takes place on the knife-edge between lucidity and self-destruction. Since its publication in 195 9, this tribute by Cortázar to the genius Charlie Parker has aroused the passion of innumerable readers, who have considered it, like Ray uela, a formative experience. The great illustrator José Muñ oz has been able to interpret with extraordinary talent the depth of this fiction in which jazz, nights of insomnia and Paris in the 5 0’s are the framework for an incomparable story. 18 0 x 265 mm; 96 pgs. Hardback with J acket

José Muñ oz Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1942. He was a proté gé of Alberto Breccia and Hugo Pratt. He worked with Francisco Solano López on the famous series El Eternauta. With Carlos Sampayo, he would go on to create A lack S inner, one of the most famous characters in the history of detective comics. In 1983, Muñ oz was awarded the Yellow Kid Prize at the Lucca Festival in Italy; in 2002 he received the Max und Moritz Medal at the Erlangen Comic Fair in Germany and in 2007 he won the Grand Prix at the Angoulê me Comics Festival.

“I am as lonely as this cat, and much more lonely because I know I am, and it doesn’t. Condemned, it is sticking its claws in my hand. Bruno, jazz is not just music, and I am not just Johnny Carter.”

GRAPHIC

NOVEL

The Absent City Ricardo Piglia Illustrated by

Luis Scafati

Adaptation and Prologue by

Pablo De Santis

A journalist follows the tracks of a complex thriller: a secret museum, the story of a machine that can create its own stories, a utopian island, fictions that blend together and which exist within other fictions. The A bsent C ity by Ricardo Piglia is a narrative tour de force in which crime thrillers and fantasy literature blend wonderfully. Luis Scafati and Pablo De Santis have been able to interpret this giddy story to create a unique work, a marvellous example of the graphic novel. 18 0 x 265 mm; 8 8 pgs. Hardback with J acket

“It’s an island in a bend of the river, inhabited by the English, the Irish, the Russians, and by people who have come from all over the world, persecuted by the authorities, threatened with death, politically exiled. All the different languages are mixed together there, and all their voices can be heard. Nobody arrives, and those that arrive don’t want to return. Because that’s where the dead seek refuge.”

Luis Scafati | Nominated for the Andersen Prize 2010 M endoz a, Argentina, 1947. Studied Arts at the National University of Cuyo. His work has been exhibited in Barcelona, Frankfurt and Madrid and forms part of the collections of major museums in Buenos Aires; it is also owned by the House of Humour and Satire ( Bulgaria) , the Collection of Cartoons ( Switzerland) and the University of Essex ( England) . His work has been published in Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Italy, Korea, Mexico and Spain. He won the Grand Prix of Honour at the National Comics Salon ( Buenos Aires, 1981) .

The Wild Man Horacio Q uiroga Illustrated by

Alfredo B. Bedoya

Reality and dreams are intertwined in an extraordinary tale about the prehistory of humanity. In the first part, a beast from the Tertiary era emerges from the waters in search of its prey. In the second part, two men insist on an incessant fight for survival, which will see their destinies cross paths. Because of its narrative power, The W ild M an occupies an important place in the literary repertoire of Horacio Q uiroga.

17 0 x 240 mm; 40 pgs. P aperback with jacket

Alfredo B. Bedoya Buenos A ires, Argentina, 195 1. He has participated in more than fifty international exhibitions and the prizes he has won include the Grand Prix at the International Print Biennial ( Taipei, 1989) ; the Sponsor Prize at the International Print Biennial ( Sapporo, 1991 and 1995 ) ; the Sponsor Prize at the International Print Triennial ( Osaka, 1997) and the Grand Prix of Honor of the National Drawing and Print Salon ( Buenos Aires, 1997) . His works have been acquired by the Capitol Library ( Washington) and the Royal Museum of Belgium ( Brussels) .

Beasts of Complicity Horacio Q uiroga Illustrated by

José Muñ oz

In a logging camp in Mato Grosso, Yuca Alves abuses and exploits his workers. Two men, united in their suffering, will seek revenge in the closed night of the jungle, with the help of a tamed but implacable beast. Beasts of C om p licity is one of Horacio Q uiroga' s outstanding tales, and to read it is to discover a world filled with strong emotions. 17 0 x 240 mm; 60 pgs. P aperback with jacket

José Muñ oz Winner of the Grand Prix d’Angoulême 2007 Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1942. He was a proté gé of Alberto Breccia and Hugo Pratt. He worked with Francisco Solano López on the famous series El Eternauta. With Carlos Sampayo, he would go on to create A lack S inner, one of the most famous characters in the history of detective comics. In 1983, Muñ oz was awarded the Yellow Kid Prize at the Lucca Festival in Italy; in 2002 he received the Max und Moritz Medal at the Erlangen Comic Fair in Germany and in 2007 he won the Grand Prix at the Angoulê me Comics Festival.

140 x 210 mm; 112 pgs. Hardback

99 Fantastic Fables Ambrose Bierce Illustrated by

Carlos Nine

In an excellent collection of fables by Ambrose Bierce, politicians with insatiable ambition, unscrupulous doctors, non-religious members of religious orders, waffling poets, unbalanced judges and lunatics of all sorts walk beside human-like lions, mice, rabbits and turtles. All this happens under the sharp and precise pen of one of the most brilliant writers of the twentieth century. 9 9 F antastic F ables carefully selected and brilliantly illustrated by Carlos Nine, another visionary of the art of illustration.

The Grasshopper and the Ant: One day in winter a hungry Grasshopper applied to an Ant for some of the food which they had stored. “Why,” said the Ant, “did you not store up some food for yourself, instead of singing all the time? ” “So I did,” said the Grasshopper; “so I did; but you fellows broke in and carried it all away.”

Carlos Nine Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1944. He used to write for The N ew Y ork er, The N ew Y ork Tim es and Le M onde, and he has also illustrated many books for publishers in The United States, Europe and Asia, while his works have been exhibited in Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Milan, Poitiers and Rome. In 1988 he was honoured as Best Artist Abroad at the Barcelona Comic Fair; in 1993 he was awarded the Silver Clio Prize in New York; later in 1995 he was awarded the Caran d’Ache Prize for Illustration, and in 1997 he was recognized the International Catalonia Prize for Illustration. In 2001 the Superior School of Image in Angoulê me awarded his life’s work.

140 x 210 mm; 112 pgs. Hardback

The Diaries of Adam and Eve Mark Twain Illustrated by

Francisco Melé ndez

Written in a very humorous style, The D iaries of A dam and Eve prevails as one of Mark Twain’s greatest works. Through the personal story of the first inhabitants of Paradise, we witness their meetings, disagreements and accidents with unexpected surprise, the consequences of which are still regretted today. Francisco Melé ndez, a master of contemporary illustration, has depicted with great talent the Edenic couple in their thoughts and feelings, providing the story with exquisite prints.

“Adam’s Diary: This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don' t like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals... Cloudy today, wind in the east; think we shall have rain... WE? Where did I get that word-the new creature uses it.”

Francisco Melé ndez Z aragoz a, Spain, 1964. He was awarded in 1987 with the National Illustration Prize for The Black S heep and O ther F ables. As author and illustrator of The True S tory of the I nvention of the S ubm arine, he received the LIBER Prize for Best Edited Book and was awarded the Silver Medal at the “Most beautiful books in the world” exhibition in Leipzig in 1990. He was awarded the second National Prize for Illustration in 1992 for Leop old’ s D ream . In 1996, Melé ndez gave up his career and chose to live in a monastery where he founded an educational and social organization promoting artistic work among children, outside of academic circles.

Jordi Sierra i Fabra winner of the National Prize for Children's and Youth Literature

Poe | Jordi Sierra i Fabra Illustrated by

Alberto Vázquez

This novel featuring Edgar Allan Poe offers us the human story of this renowned author, the tale of a writer whose genius must struggle against adversity. Scandal, misery, death, and madness plagued this creative visionary who was marked by tragedy, yet through it all, was devoted to forging a sublime body of work. Jordi Sierra i Fabra, winner of the National Prize for Young People' s and Children' s literature, has succeeded in creating a vivid portrait of Poe and his work, which Alberto Vázquez has endowed with extraordinary images. 160 x 140 mm; 58 pgs. P aperback

“Some days they were forced to eat bread and molasses. There was nothing else. Maria Clemm did needlework. Virigina was too weak. They often went cold rather than use fuel for the stove; but they could not scrimp on whale oil or petrol for the lamp, because in the dark it was impossible to write.”

Alberto Vázquez A C oruñ a, Spain, 1980. Graduated in Fine Art from the University of Valencia. A regular contributor to the daily newspaper El P aí s, he has won the INJUVE comic and illustration prize 2001; the Valenciacrea Comic Prize in 2002, 2003 and 2004; the Pura e Dora Vázquez Prize in 2007. In 2007 he was also awarded the Prize for Best Illustration at the Barcelona International Comic Salon. Beja, Buenos Aires, Nápoles, La Paz and Ourense are just some of the cities where he has exhibited his work.

160 x 240 mm; 108 pgs. Hardback with J acket

The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter

Ambrose Bierce Illustrated by

Santiago Caruso

In 1680, the monastery of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps was the setting for the ill-fated love between a young Franciscan and the daughter of an executioner. Two centuries later, Ambrose Bierce interpreted the sinister details of this legend giving rise to what would be his only novel. Guilt, terror and destruction are the basis of his tragedy. The M onk and the Hangm an’ s D aughter is one of the highest exponents of Gothic literature– especially from America. Santiago Caruso’s images accurately depict the intrigue in these pages, lighting up the dark beauty encoded in this text.

“LORD, Savior of my soul, whither hast Thou led me? Here am I in the culprit' s tower, a condemned murderer, and tomorrow at sunrise I shall be taken to the gallows and hanged! For whoso slays a fellow being, he shall be slain; that is the law of God and man.”

Santiago Caruso Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1982. At the age of twenty-one he was awarded the First Prize for Drawing at the Salon of Plastic Arts at the Roverano Museum. He has collaborated with various press media in his home country as well as with foreign publishers. His work stands out both for its vigor as well as for its technique. It is no overstatement to say that the Caruso' s work, which is well represented in the galleries and museums of Buenos Aires, is currently one of the best revelations of Latin American fine arts.

Dracula Luis Scafati Illustrated by

Luis Scafati

A journey through inhospitable places and closed rooms, where life and death savagely devour each other.With this excellent illustrated work containing more than 5 0 drawings, Luis Scafati pays tribute to this mythical character and to the vast imagination that has inspired vampire literature for centuries. 265 x 210 mm; 108 pgs. Hardback

Luis Scafati M endoz a, Argentina, 1947. Studied Arts at the National University of Cuyo. His work has been exhibited in Barcelona, Frankfurt and Madrid and forms part of the collections of major museums in Buenos Aires; it is also owned by the House of Humour and Satire ( Bulgaria) , the Collection of Cartoons ( Switzerland) and the University of Essex ( England) . His work has been published in Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Spain and Turkey. He won the Grand Prix of Honour at the National Comics Salon ( Buenos Aires, 1981) .

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dead while the sun illuminates the day, the Count awaits the return of the shadows that will awaken him; then, like a sinister nocturnal animal, he will pursue new victims whose blood will feed his immortality.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sitting on her throne, the countess watches people being tortured, she listens to their screams. Her ancient, vile servant women are silent figures who bring fire, knives, needles, manacles; who torture young girls, then later bury them. Like the manacles or the knives, these old hags are instruments of possession. This dark ceremony has but a single, silent spectator.â&#x20AC;? A. Pizarnik

The Bloody Countess Alejandra Pizarnik Illustrated by

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Santiago Caruso

Accused of murdering six hundred young girls, Erzsebet Bathory is one of the most sinister criminals in history. In her castle in the Carpathians, at the end of the 17th century, the countess crouches over her victims to bleed them to death and steal their youth. Her evil, fascinating legend has endured through the ages. The Bloody C ountess is one of the key works by Alejandra Pizarnik. Its pages are a masterful portrait of sadism and madness, which Santiago Caruso' s prints perfectly recreate.

165 x 240 mm; 248 pgs. Hardback with J acket

Arthur Gordon Pym Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by

Luis Scafati

“Comprising the details of a mutiny and atrocious butchery on board the american brig Grampus, on her way to the south seas, in the month of june, 1827 with an account of the recapture of the vessel by the survivers; their shipwreck and subsequent horrible sufferings from famine; their deliverance by means of the british schooner Jane Guy; the brief cruise of this latter vessel in the antarctic ocean; her capture, and the massacre of her crew among a group of islands in the eighty-fourth parallel of southern latitude; together with the incredible adventures and discoveries still farther south to which that distressing calamity gave rise.” Luis Scafati’s talented illustrations illuminate the delightful terrors of this novel, which contains all the obsessions of the brilliant Edgar Allan Poe.

“The darkness had materially increased, relieved only by the glare of the water the thrown back from the white curtain before us. Many gigantic and pallidly white birds flew continuously now from beyond the veil, and their scream was eternal Tek eli- li! as they retreated from our vision.”

At the Mountains of Madness H. P. Lovecraft Illustrated by

Enrique Breccia

In the abysses of Antarctica, an expedition from Miskatonic University discovers traces of the civilisation of The Elder Things as well as an abominable secret: millions of years later, their executioners are still at work in the depths of the ice. An aura of horror fills the pages of this nightmare, whose underworld Enrique Breccia once again masterfully illustrates, following his worldwide bestseller Lovecraft.

165 x 240 mm; 164 pgs. Hardback with J acket

“It was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster than any subway train – a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and un-forming as pustules of greenish light all over the tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic penguins and slithering over the glistening floor that it and its kind had swept so evilly free of all litter. Still came that eldritch, mocking cry – “ Tek eli- li! Tek eli- li! ” . . . ”

Enrique Breccia Buenos A ires, Argentina, 1945 . He is the author of such emblematic works in the comic genre as The Life of C he ( 1969) ; A lvar M ay or ( 1976) ; The Travels of M arco M ono ( 1981) and Lop e de A guirre ( 1989) . He has published Lovecraft ( 2002) for the DC Comic publishing house, who also published his famous collaborations for the series Batm an: Gotham K nights ( 2001) and S wam p Thing ( 2004) . In 1963 he won the Gold Medal at the Salon of the Argentinean Cartoonists Association and the 1983 Plé yade Prize for the best graphic production of the year.

Arkham The Dunwich Horror H. P. Lovecraft Illustrated by

Santiago Caruso

The tragic story of Wilbur Watheley and the abominable events that occurred in Dunwich plunge the reader into a world inhabited by monstrous nightmares. Santiago Caruso’s extraordinary illustrations heighten the intensity of one of one of H.P. Lovecraft' s most fascinating tales.

160 x 240 mm; 8 6 pgs. Hardback with J acket

“No one, even those who have the facts concerning the recent horror, can say just what is the matter with Dunwich; though old legends speak of unhallowed rites and conclaves of the Indians, amidst which they called forbidden shapes of shadow out of the great rounded hills, and made wild orgiastic prayers that were answered by loud crackings and rumblings from the ground below.”

Arkham Bestiary H. P. Lovecraft Illustrated by

Enrique Alcatena

A unique bestiary which brings together the extraordinary beings that inhabit the stories of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Twenty-two creatures lead us into the disturbing world of the grand master of fantastic fiction. In an incredible descent into the abysses of terror, the illustrations of Enrique Alcatena' s illustrations reveal for us the most disturbing and extraordinary beasts of Lovecraft' s universe. 160 x 240 mm; 7 6 pgs. Hardback with cloth binding

“There were lumpish hybrid things which only fantasy could spawn, molded with devilish skill, and colored in a horribly life-like fashion. Some were the figures of well-known myth gorgons, chimeras, dragons, cyclops, and all their shuddersome congeners. Others were drawn from darker and more furtively whispered cycles of subterranean legend, black, formless Tsathoggua, many-tentacled Cthulhu, proboscidian Chaugnar Faugn, and other rumored blasphemies from forbidden books like the Necronomicon.”

Enrique Alcatena Buenos A ires, Argentina, 195 7. Teacher of English and American literature & a self-taught cartoonist, he started to work professionally on comic strips and illustrations in 1975 . He has collaborated with the publishers DC, Marvel and Dark Horse ( USA) ; DC Thomson and Fleetway ( Great Britain) ; Bastei ( Germany) ; Albin Michel ( France) and Eura ( Italy) , to mention just a few. Alcatena’s graphic universe has its roots in the Japanese illustrators of the Ukiyo-e, the Persian miniatures and the great illustrators of the early 20th century.

The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe “I neither expect nor ask that you believe in this savage yet homely story I am going to write. It would be madness to expect this as even my own senses reject the evidence. Nevertheless, I am not mad and I can assure you I’m not dreaming.” So begins The Black C at, the story that gives this volume its title. In the short stories in this collection, the everyday reveals to the reader a second, darker nature. Hallucination or reality? An ambiguous threshold into the fantastical universe of Edgar Allan Poe.

Metamorphosis Franz Kafka “When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armour-plated back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his dome-like brown belly.” A key work in his narrative production, M etam orp hosis is a vast and vivid nightmare that concentrates all of the intensity of Franz Kafka. The illustrations by the great Argentine artist Luis Scafati wonderfully recreate the story’s strange atmospheres and characters. 245 x 205 mm; 60/ 7 2 pgs. Hardback

Luis Scafati

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M endoz a, Argentina, 1947. Studied Arts at the National University of Cuyo. His work has been exhibited in Barcelona, Frankfurt and Madrid and forms part of the collections of major museums in Buenos Aires; it is also owned by the House of Humour and Satire ( Bulgaria) , the Collection of Cartoons ( Switzerland) and the University of Essex ( England) . His work has been published in Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Spain and Turkey. He won the Grand Prix of Honour at the National Comics Salon ( Buenos Aires, 1981) .

Kama Sutra Mallanaga Vatsyayana Illustrated by

A.B. Bedoya

Far more than its popular perception as a manual of sexual positions, the K am a S utra is a complete treatise on the art of living focused on refined sensuality.

18 0 x 265 mm; 96 pgs. Hardback with jackets

This edition covers the Second Book, titled “On Sexual Union”, through the extravagant gaze of the renowned artist Alfredo Benaví dez Bedoya. His passionate images awaken the sleeping lovers, hidden in the texts by Mallanaga Vatsyayana, and lead us to their many and unexpected encounters.

“The rules of the Sutra reign while the passion of men and women are calm, but once the wheel of pleasure starts to move, there is no longer any Sutra or order.”

Alfredo Benaví dez Bedoya Buenos A ires, Argentina, 195 1. He has participated in more than fifty international exhibitions and the prizes he has won include the Grand Prix at the International Print Biennial ( Taipei, 1989) ; the Sponsor Prize at the International Print Biennial ( Sapporo, 1991 and 1995 ) ; the Sponsor Prize at the International Print Triennial ( Osaka, 1997) and the Grand Prix of Honor of the National Drawing and Print Salon ( Buenos Aires, 1997) . His works have been acquired by the Capitol Library ( Washington) and the Royal Museum of Belgium ( Brussels) .

Flowers of Evil The Banned P oem s

Charles Baudelaire Illustrated by

Pat Andrea

“Come, lie upon my breast, cruel, insensitive soul, Adored tigress, monster with the indolent air; I want to plunge trembling fingers for a long time In the thickness of your heavy mane, To bury my head, full of pain In your skirts redolent of your perfume, To inhale, as from a withered flower, The moldy sweetness of my defunct love.” Banned in France for offences against morality and good manners, the poems in this book had to wait ninety-two years before their public release. Pat Andrea, a key figure in contemporary art, has been able to create one of the most astounding interpretations ever made of Baudelaire’s universe. 160 x 240 mm; 8 6 pgs. C loth- bound hardback.

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