¡Calcio!, by Juan Esteban Constaín has been shortlisted for the 'Espartaco Award to the Best Historical Novel published in 2010'.

¡Calcio!, by Juan Esteban Constaín, is one of the three novels shortlisted for the 'Espartaco Award to the Best Historical Novel published in 2010'. The award will be announced during the Semana Negra in Gijón, next July. The Candidates are:

* Miguel Bonasso, Argentina: La venganza de los patriotas. Published by Planeta Argentina.

* Juan Esteban Constaín, Colombia: ¡Calcio! Published by Seix Barral Colombia.

* Cristina Sánchez-Andrade, Spain: Los escarpines de Kristina de Noruega. Published by Roca.

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¡Calcio!, by Juan Esteban Constaín
Seix Barral Colombia (2010)
208 pp.
To be published by Seix Barral Spain in 2012

Foreign rights sold: Italy, Marco Tropea Editore

When, and why, the first football match of History was played? Shortly after WWII Professor Arnaldo Momigliano (a true character who was a Jewsih-Italian scholar exhiled in Oxford escaping from Mussolini) dared to formulate his hypothesis: In 1530, at the Santa Croce square in Florence, the first match in which players could not touch the ball with their hands took place. Everybody in Oxford is shocked at such a statement: Football, like tea time, is an English invention!

Departing from an anusing and entertaining plot line and an enchanting main character, Juan Esteban Constaín writes a novel that questions the role of Histoy and Historians by providing a story in which facts and fiction mingle to create an atmosphere of credibility. As long as you can provide a coherent and seemingly documented historical account you can manipulate History to your advantage to make people believe that what you are saying is true. And, as Italians say, ‘Se non è vero, è ben trobato’...

This is a novel that wisely combines fact and fiction to recreate what could have been the first football/soccer match (Calcio in Italian), also about the ball games that have made people happy since Ancient times. Told from the investigations and controversies of a group of historians in post World War II, for whom the origins of this sport are a national matter that threatens to resume the conflicts between the old empires.

February of 1530. The army of Charles 5th sieges Florence as a gesture og goodwill towards Pope Clement 7th (a Pope from Florence, a descendant of the Medicis), as two years before the troops of the Spanish Emperor had plundered Rome and made the Pope a prisoner. Now Florence has proclaimed itself a Republic and the Pope’s family has been deprived of power. Emperor Charles’s attempt to restitute the Medicis is, then, a way to make peace with the Pope, and grant his favours.

The city has been under siege for four months and the Emperor and the Pope await for news in Bologna. They have banned almost everything in Florence: water, wine, the Carnivals... But on February 17th the Spanish troops will witness and amazing show: ignoring the prohibition, the whole city has gathered at the Santa Croce square to defy the power and arrogance of the Empire by playing a calcio match. Then, a Spanish soldier suggests their Captain that maybe the could find another way to fight the Florentines: Instead of going on with the useless siege, why don’t they play out a match that settles who will win this war?

Juan Esteban Constaín (Popayán, Colombia, 1979) is a Historian, specialist in Classical Languages and a lecturer at the University of Rosario. He is also a contributor to several Colombian media. El naufragio del imperio was his first work of fiction.

With its forthcoming publication in Spain by Seix Barral in 2012, Juan Esteban Constaín will join one of the most prestigious lists of established and young authors writting in Spanish, where readers can find authors such as Ricardo Menéndez Salmón, Isaac Rosa, Enrique Vila-Matas, Eduardo Mendoza, Elena Poniatowska, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Elvira Lindo, Laura Fernández or Rosa Montero.

A few quotes about ¡Calcio!

* “The most recent novel by Juan Esteban Constaín confirms that we are facing a gifted author, with enormous narrative talent. His descriptions of the first football match in History have the flavour of the best Pérez-Reverte. But in his writing we find a deeper literary sense (...) ¡Calcio! manages to entertain and amuse the reader with its unquestionable literary skills” Revista Arcadia

* “It’s a truly divertimento for gentlemen. To me, if not historical, your novel is literarily plausible, and I believe it announces big things fot the future. (...) A splendid fantasy. (...) Because ¡Calcio! is entertaining, witty and funny.” Elmalpensante.com

* “A homage to Football and History, and a funny reflection on the wars historians fight in footnotes” El Espectador

* “In this novel, Juan Esteban Constaín confirms his wit by recreating a delicious fictional universe based on History.” Extroversia

Uitgeverij Q (The Netherlands) acquires rights of 'La voz de los muertos', by Julián Sánhez

We are happy to announce the first international deal for the the new novel by Julián Sánchez, the author of ‘El anticuario’ (The Antiques Dealer): ‘La voz de los muertos’ was published in Spain by Rocaeditorial in May 2011. Uitgeverij Q (an imprint of Querido) will publish it in The Netherlands.

In ‘La voz de los muertos’ Barcelona’s Police inspector David Ossa faces a difficult case: a multiple murder and a suicide that have occured in Las Ramblas, right in the heart of Barcelona. Ossa soon realises that this is an especial case, with aspects that escape common sense and in which nothing is what it seems. His investigations lead him to a case from 1969, still unsolved and almost identical to the one he is trying to solve now. But when his supervisors see that the investigation is not closed quicky, they tell him to close the case and move to another thing, even if many questions would remain unanswered.

Ossa refuses to follow instructions and, in his hunt for clues and answers, will enter a dark, mysterious and captivating world of supernatural implications in which his mind will develop an unexpected and dangerous connexion with Death itself. Even at the cost of loosing his own sanity, and with all his colleagues against him, Ossa is determined to follow his investigation to the very last consequences...

Julián Sánchez was born in Barcelona in 1966 and lives in San Sebastián. His debut novel, El anticuario, was very well received and up to now it will be translated in languages such as German (RH/Limes Verlag), Dutch (Uit. Q), Italian (Einaudi Stile Libero), Portuguese/Brazil (Record), Polish (Swiat K.), Greek (Livanis), Russian (AST) or Chinese (Shangai Transl.)

'En el infierno anida la ternura', de Aher Arop Bol, ya en librerías

Ediciones Destino publica hoy 'En el infierno anida la ternura'. Con el subtítulo 'La aventura del niño africano que desafió al destino y conquistó su sueño', la historia de Aher Arop Bol arranca en 1987, cuando, con apenas tres años, perdido en la tragedia de las guerras tribales y la absoluta desolación de su país de origen, Sudán, llega a hombros de su tío a un campo de refugiados en Etiopía.

Padece hambre, sed y las penalidades más extremas. Es testigo forzoso de la crueldad humana, de asesinatos en masa, e intenta convertirlo en niño soldado. A los cinco años logra fugarse. Atraviesa ocho países y recorre 6.400 kilómetros, a menudo a pie, hasta Pretoria, la capital sudafricana, un viaje tan duro que le hace desear que le maten para dejar de sufrir.

Sin embargo, incluso en medio del infierno, el pequeño Aher Arop Bol es capaz de descubrir la belleza, la bondad y los más profundos valores de la raza humana. Las vivencias más inhumanas ―«siempre habrá gente que necesita odiar a alguien», constata― se convierten, gracias a la honestidad y sencillez de su relato, en un canto al tesón, al amor a la vida y a la esperanza.

'En el infierno anida la ternura' es, además, el testimonio de un africano que no huyó al norte, que no se rindió jamás y que desde niño creyó en el poder de la educación por encima de todo. Prueba de esa convicción es este mismo libro, escrito para costear ―junto con los ingresos que obtiene de su pequeño puesto de chucherías en Pretoria― sus estudios de abogado y los de sus dos hermanos pequeños.

«Una auténtica obra maestra.» Il Corriere della Sera

«Aher Arop Bol se ha convertido en uno de los autores más extraordinarios de la historia de la literatura africana.» The Guardian

«Un excepcional relato de dolor, desesperación y, sobre todo, de cómo sobrevivir cuando parece imposible.» Drum

Aher Arop Bol nació en una pequeña aldea en el sur de Sudán. En 1987, con tres años, pierde el rastro de sus padres durante la segunda guerra civil sudanesa, y acaba en un campo de refugiados donde pretenden convertirlo en niño soldado. Finalmente, logra huir hacia el sur y, en 2002, llega a Pretoria, la capital de Sudáfrica, y es acogido por una profesora afrikáner jubilada. Ese mismo año, descubre que sus padres aún viven en Sudán y se reencuentra con ellos por Navidad. Actualmente, Aher sigue residiendo en Pretoria, donde regenta una tienda de chucherías y cigarrillos en las inmediaciones de la estación central de la ciudad. El negocio, más la publicación de este libro, le permiten costearse la carrera de Derecho y mantener a sus dos hermanos pequeños, que ha reunido en un internado de Uganda.

Grijalbo and Rosa dels Vents acquire rights of 'Die Unglaubliche Geschichte des Henry N. Brown', for publication in Spanish and Catalan in 2012

Editorial Grijalbo and Rosa dels Vents (Random House Mondadori Group) have acquired World Spanish and Catalan rights of this successful German novel by Anne Helene Bubenzer. The title could be translated into English as 'The Incredible Story of Henry N. Brown'.

The novel is published in Germany by Thiele Verlag (hardcover) and Rowoholt (paperback).

The most amazing autobiography of a small teddy-bear with a big heart who knows that love isn’t always expressed in words. A warm-hearted story of life, loss and love, seen through the eyes of a teddy-bear who gets to know not only some of his ‘owners’ very close but also the history of our last century. Teddy-bear’s philosophy at its best.

The teddy bear Henry N. Brown came into the world on 16 July 1921. He had to wait until his second eye was sewn on before he could see, but from then on his life was never dull. His travels took him on a veritable Odyssey through Europe, from England to France and onto Germany, Norway, Italy and Hungary.

This is the story of the twentieth century in times of war and peace, triumph and defeat, as witnessed by a teddy bear. Like all soft toys, Henry can’t talk or move by himself. He is a natural listener, a mirror for the human soul. His gift is to provide people with what they can’t find elsewhere.

But over the years no one realizes that Henry is carrying something inside him, something that he calls 'the love'. It’s a secret that he has kept for a lifetime, a secret that comes out in the very end when Henry causes the alarm at the Vienna airport where his new owner, a German author who bought him from an Austrian antique shop, tries to get through the security bars. A secret that will touch every reader’s heart.

Anne Helene Bubenzer, born 1973 in Hüttental/Siegen, works as a freelance writer, editor and translator.

Translation rights have also been acquired by Sperling & Kupfer Editore (Italy).

Mare Verlag will publish 'La otra isla', by Francisco Suniaga in Germany next August 2011

We are glad to announce the first international edition of 'La otra isla' (The Other Island), by Venezuelan author Francisco Suniaga. The novel will be published in Germany by Mare Verlag, under the title ''Die anderen insel'', next August 2011

8 reprints in Venezuela.

15.000 copies sold so far

La otra isla takes the structure of a detective novel and adapts it to the chaotic, unpredictable and generally unsatisfactory way in which things – anything – tend to happen in Venezuela. A German couple visit the island on holiday, fall in love with the place and make arrangements to move permanently. One day, Manfred, the husband, discovers an old warehouse where cocks are raised and trained for fighting. He becomes obsessed with it, loses interest in his business, his wife and, ultimately, even himself. Depressed, Manfred drowns in a dangerous beach, where he and Renate, his wife, have a beach bar.

The authorities see nothing out of order but Manfred’s mother in Germany receives an anonymous note claiming there has been foul play. She travels to Margarita and engages a local lawyer to find out what truly happened to her son.

An informal investigation begins, but it soon runs out of steam and ends the only way anything of the kind could end in Venezuela: in nothing.

By immersing the reader in the peculiar underworld of cock fighting with great detail and patience and exploiting the opportunity afforded to him by the presence of foreign characters in what remains a Venezuelan story, Suniaga convincingly creates a scenario where he can build the profile of the island and its people by contrasting its culture with Germany’s.

* “One of the best novels written in Venezuela.” – Correo del Caroni.

* “Suniaga understands the country and its citizens.” – Daily Herald.

Francisco Suniaga was born in Isla Margarita in 1954. La otra isla, his first novel, is one of the most successful Venezuelan novels of the last years. It was followed by El pasajero de Truman and Margarita Infanta, a collection of short stories.

Columna Edicions Acquires Catalan Rights of ‘DAS LÄCHELN DER FRAUEN’ (The Smile of Women), by Nicolas Barreau

We are happy that Columna Edicions has acquired Catalan Language rights of ‘DAS LÄCHELN DER FRAUEN’ (The Smile of Women), by Nicolas Barreau. To be published in 2012.

The novel is successfully published in Germany by Thiele Verlag (hardcover) and Piper Verlag (paperback)

“The story that I would like to tell begins with a smile. It ends in a small

restaurant in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, exactly there where the heart of

Paris beats ...” (from: The Smile of the Women)

More than 25.000 copies have already been sold in Germany. Righst have been previously sold sold to: St. Martin’s Press (English World Rights), Espasa (Spanish), Feltrinelli (Italian), Arena (Dutch) and The Enthusiast (Bulgarian).

A romantic story of confusion between art and cuisine. A light-hearted novel about the wonderful delirium of love. A story told with Parisian charm – too wonderful not to be true.

There are no coincidences! Aurélie Bredin, who has taken over her father’s restaurant 'Le Temps des Cerises' after his death, is sure of this truth. On a fateful Friday in November when Aurélie is feeling more depressed than ever before, she discovers a novel in a bookshop entitled 'The Smile of the Women'. Intrigued, she comes across a sentence that refers to her own small restaurant.

After reading the entire story, Aurélie no longer wants to die. Instead, she wishes more than anything to meet the author of the novel because she is convinced that, without even realizing it, he has saved her life. She would like to show her appreciation and invite him to her small, charming restaurant that apparently he is already familiar with. However, her wish proves to be a difficult, almost impossible, endeavour. All attempts to contact the shy English author through his French publishers are blocked by the company’s gruff editor-in-chief, André, who only with great reluctance forwards her enthusiastic letter.

Aurélie refuses to give up, however, and when one day a letter from the reclusive author actually lands in her post box, the encounter that eventually takes place is completely different from what she had ever imagined …

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Nicolas Barreau (born 1980, Paris) studied romanistic languages and literature at the Sorbonne. He worked in a bookshop on the Rive Gauche in Paris but is far from an inexperienced bookworm. With his two previous and successful novels published by Thiele Publishers The Woman in my Life (2007) and You’ll Find Me at the End of the World, he has gained an enthusiastic audience.

This deal for Catalan language has been made by SalmaiaLit on behalf of Thiele Verlag.

'Hierba Santa' reaches its fourth reprint in Germany

We are happy to share the good news that arrive from Germany about the novel 'Hierba Santa', by F.G. Haghenbeck. 'Hierba Santa' was published in Germany by Insel Verlag last January 2011 and up to now the novel has been reprinted four times. We are glad that German readers are enjoying it!

Foreing rights have already been sold to: Simon & Schuster/Atria (World English), Suhrkamp/Insel (Germany), Orlando Publishers/Bruna (The Netherlands), Planeta Brasil (Brazil), Shangai 99 (China), Rizzoli (Italy).

The translator into english will be Cuban author Achy Obejas, who also translated -to much acclaim- Junot Díaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' (winner of the Pulitzer in 2008).

Hierba Santa, with echoes of Magic Realism, is a vivid and tender homage to Frida Khalo, a woman who changed the course of modern art and has become an icon for many people all over the world.

Below please see a plot summary in English.

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Hierba Santa, by F.G. Haghenbeck

A little handwritten notebook that Frida Khalo called ‘The Book of the Holy Herb’ was to be exhibited at the Palace of Fine Arts on occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth. The notebook disappeared on the same day that the exhibition was opened...

After a severe accident in the crash of a bus and a trolley car, and after she died for the first time, Frida Khalo reaches an agreement with her Benefactress (the Death herself): Frida will be allowed to live, but, in exchange, every year she will have to prepare an offering to the Dead as a rememberance of this agreement.

Since then, Frida writes down every receipe that she prepares for the ‘Día de Muertos’ (The Day of the Dead). This is a holiday celebrated in Mexico, which focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration occurs on November 1st and 2nd. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts.

The receipes are gathered toghether by Frida in her beloved notebook. While year after year the ritual is repeated, Frida’s life goes on impetuously, full of rapture and pain. She meets Diego Rivera, the man whom she will marry and share her life with; but who is also the man who will mark the beginning of her second death. She lives the Mexican Revolution and the socialist upraise, a life behind the fame of her husband.

Frida loves and desires madly, but she lives on borrowed time; her aching and ruined body constantly reminds her that her Benefactress is taking away bits of her soul day after day, and that their final encounter is becoming closer.

Hoy llega a las librerías 'Sin piedad', de Sara Blædel (Ed. Mosaico)

En su segunda novela publicada en español Sara Blædel, la exitosa escritora danesa, nos embarca—de la mano de la inspectora de policía Louise Rick— en una historia sobre la violencia gratuita, la avaricia y el importante vínculo entre padres e hijos: Sin piedad. A partir de hoy en librerías.

Sin piedad, de Sara Blædel
Ed. Mosaico, Mayo 2011, 403 pp.

Sobre Sara Blædel se ha dicho…

«Sara Blædel es una maestra retratando personajes femeninos. Me fascina.» Åsa Larsson

«La escritura de Sara Blædel es apasionante, cautivadora y cálida. Me gustó su protagonista, LouiseRick, desde el primer libro.» Camilla Läckberg

«Cuando leo los libros de Sara Blædel puedo sentir la jefatura de policía de Copenhague y palpar su atmósfera. La esencia de sus argumentos y toda la escenografía que presenta reflejan fielmente la vida real.» Per Larsen, Inspector Jefe de la policía de Copenhague

«No es una sorpresa que Sara Blædel haya sido elegida como uno de nuestros autores más populares.» Henrik Tjalve, Frederiksborg Amts Avis

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En mitad de un interrogatorio, la inspectora de policía Louise Rick recibe la llamada del niño que tiene en acogida, Jonas, quien le pide que acuda en su ayuda inmediatamente. Un grupo de jóvenes violentos ha irrumpido en la fiesta infantil en la que se encuentra y uno de los adultos presentes es atacado de manera brutal.

Signe, una niña de doce años, sale corriendo en busca de ayuda, pero uno de los jóvenes la persigue. Cuando Louise finalmente llega al lugar, ha sucedido algo terrible: Signe ha sido atropellada y muere esa misma noche.

Para la madre de Signe la vida deja de tener sentido cuando pierde a su única hija. Pero, ¿está henchida de dolor o de sed de venganza? De pronto, un incendio en el que fallecen dos personas enturbia el caso y la policía le concede la máxima prioridad. Louise está segura de que no todo el mundo está diciendo la verdad y llevará la investigación sin descanso hasta revelar lo sucedido.

Sara Blædel debutó como escritora de novela policíaca en 2004 con Grøntstøv (Nieve verde), el primer libro de la serie dedicada a la oficial de policía Louise Rick, del Departamento de Homicidios de la Jefatura de Copenhague. En 2010, Editorial Mosaico publicó Sin salida, la primera de las novelas de la autora traducida al español.

Aprovechando la publicación de Sin piedad, Editorial Mosaico también publica estos días la edición en formato bolsillo de Sin Salida.

Los libros de Sara Blædel son de los punteros dentro de la narrativa policíaca danesa, habiendo sido adquiridos los derechos de publicación en Noruega, Suecia, Alemania, Holanda y España. Sus títulos suelen encabezar las listas de los más vendidos y Nordisk Film está preparando una adaptación al cine de su obra.

En 2009, Sara Blædel fue elegida Autora del Año en Dinamarca y el público danés le concedió el décimo lugar entre las 100 mejores novelas de los últimos veinticinco años.

Engines on in France for the publication of 'Martini Shoot' (Trago amargo), by F.G. Haghenbeck. At end of May in Bookshops

We're happy to announce that Éditions Denöel will publish its French translation of the Mexican novel 'Trago Amargo' (Bitter Drink) at the end of this month. They changed the title into 'Martini Shoot', and the novel has been brilliantly translated by Juliette Ponce.

Trago amargo is a very original and peculiar noir novel: A story of intrigue, an accurate historical depiction of Hollywood in the 60s, a very unique ambience and a funny compendium of the best and most famous cocktails of the world. It also has tastes of road movie, adventure and detective stories.

Below you can see all the information that Denöel has prepared in French:

Martini Shoot (Trago amargo), F.G. Haghenbeck

Éditions Denoël, Mai 2011

192 pp.

Traduit de l’Espagnol (Mexique) par Juliette Ponce.

Un polar noir et glamour campé sur le tournage mythique de ‘La Nuit de l’iguane’, où femmes sublimes et dangereuses côtoient cocktails colorés et cadavres non identifiés.

Une plongée dans les paillettes et le vertige du cinéma américain des années 60, rafraîchissante comme une bonne margarita…

Sunny Pascal, beatnik patenté aficionado de la tequila et des planches de surf, gagne sa vie en faisant le ménage des grands d’Hollywood. Sa spécialité: laver acteurs et producteurs des scandales les plus incroyables et leur éviter tout contact indésirable avec la police.

En cette année 1963, un nouveau contrat l’emmène à Puerto Vallarta, dans son Mexique natal, sur le tournage du nouveau film de John Huston. Entre deux cocktails bien corsés, il veille à ce que le casting de marque ne s’entre-tue pas avant le clap de fin. Tâche délicate lorsque l’on sait que la plupart des actrices présentes – Liz Taylor, Ava Gardner, deborah Kerr, sue lyon – ont un ex-amant en commun, et que, pour pimenter le tout, John huston a offert à chacun de ses acteurs un pistolet muni de balles en argent.

Sunny Pascal aurait bien aimé se noircir en paix aux côtés de Richard Burton, mais il doit gérer un vol de bijou, un accident de plateau mortel, une overdose et un garde du corps trop gourmand, tout cela sans éclabousser la production.

Le premier volet de ce qui devrait devenir une série autour du privé Pascal est savoureux à souhait: son personnage, premier limier beatnik du genre, est charismatique en diable et bourré d’humour noir. la galerie de personnages secondaires est tout aussi enlevée, qu’il s’agisse du mystérieux billy Joe rouge, toujours prompt à apparaître au beau milieu des fusillades, ou de « l’avocat du diable », bernabé Jurado, friand de règlements de comptes sanglants autour d’un plat d’empanadas.

La narration se construit autour des recettes de cocktails qui ouvrent chaque chapitre: le style est pétillant, drôle, évoquant à merveille, au-delà d’une intrigue bien ficelée, l’atmosphère de ce tournage improbable et la légèreté des sweet sixties.

F.G. Haghenbeck est né en 1965 à Mexico D.F. Il réside à Puerto Vallarta où il partage son temps entre l’écriture de romans et celle de scénarios pour la bande dessinée, son autre passion. Trago Amargo, primé au Mexique et publié avec succès en Espagne, est son premier roman traduit en français.

« F.G. Haghenbeck fait un audacieux pari dans son roman Martini shoot : celui de combiner recettes de cocktails célèbres et narration à suspense, le tout campé sur le délirant tournage de La Nuit de l’iguane, de John Huston. (…) Il est fort déconseillé de boire coup sur coup les vingt-six cocktails qui ouvrent chacun des chapitres de ce drôle de roman: vous n’arriveriez pas à la fin, ce serait dommage »

Rosa Mora, El País

« Haghenbeck est un auteur soigneux, irréprochable et calculateur ; il a le sens de l’espace, du temps, et soigne l’étoffe de ces personnages. »

Elmer Mendoza (lauréat du prix du roman Tusquets), El Universal

« Haghenbeck est l’héritier de la tradition la plus caustique du roman noir. »

Harkaitz Cano, auteur espagnol

« Pour tous ceux qui adorent le ciné plus que tout, F.G. Haghenbeck est une sacrée découverte. ( ) Battez-vous pour trouver un exemplaire ce roman aussi canaille que magnifique. »

Francisco J. Ortiz, El periódico de Villena

El fin de una época (The End of an Age), by Iñaki Gabilondo. Foreign rights handled by SalmaiaLit

A book about journalism by a brilliant journalist.

8 reprints since March 2011. 25.000 copies sold up to now.

Iñaki Gabilondo is one of the most reputated journalists in Spain. He began his career in a radio station at the age of 21. He has been director of several radio channels and became the TV news director of TVE (Spanish public TV channel network). For 20 years he conducted the main radio show of Spanish Radio History, ‘Hoy por Hoy’, and has spent the last years as the news anchor of TV news programmes at channels Cuatro and CNN+

In all these years he has been a privileged spectator and observer of current affairs and he has been telling and explaining it to the audience. El fin de una época is his lucid reflection on a whole professional life in a time in which the future of journalism as we know it is uncertain.

This is a personal text that does not ellude knotty subjects and that not only shows a passion towards journalism but also the fear that such a necessary job would be distorted.

A brilliant book in which Gabilondo analizes the threats and the greatness of a profession to which he has devoted a life and the principles to which each journalist should stick to. The legacy of a model journalist.

El fin de una época (The end of an age).
by Iñaki Gabilondo
Barril & Barral Editores, March 2011 (182pp)