Explore Spain's rich literary landscape with some of the country's best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these 18 stories, many of which appear in English for the first time, transport the reader through Spain's many enchanting regions: Experience the diversity of Juan Goytisolo's Almeria, join Berardo Atxaga in a Basque village, travel to the fjords of Galicia with Manuel Rivas, and revisit Julio Llamazare's Leona village now under the waters of a reservoir.

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Daydream island / Laura Freixas -- The wedding / Nuria Amat -- Gang warfare / Juan Marsé -- Is Angela there? / Carme Riera -- The five stops / Quim Monzó -- School memory / Bernardo Atxaga -- Your Gernika / Amaia Gabantxo -- The armoire / Carlos Blanco Aguinaga -- Flesh Sunday / Javier Marías -- At the beach / Julián Ayesta -- Sibila / Xosé Luis Méndez Férrin -- The confession / Manuel Rivas -- Amnesia / Germán Sierra -- Journey to the moon / Julio Llamazares -- The invisible man / Antón Castro -- The dog / Miguel Delibes -- What happened in Atajo / José Jiménez Lozano -- Mamá / Javier Puebla -- Siesta light / Rosa Chacel -- Gran vía / Rafael Chirbes -- Beatriz comes home / Lucía Etxebarría -- Let the passengers off / José Ferrer Bermejo -- Sex, food, and the family / Angela Vallvey -- No reply / Agustín Cerezales -- John Turner / Andrés Barba -- Black oaks / Dulce Chacón -- Sentimental journey / Juan Goytisolo -- Right all along / Fernando Quiñones -- Holy Week in Sevilla / Federico García Lorca -- Children can wait / Nivaria Tejera.