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De Santiago Roncagliolo ofrecimos anteriormente su libro Matías y los imposibles, especialmente interesante para los más pequeños de la casa. Hoy os sugerimos, como audiolibro de la semana, la obra que lo convirtió en uno de los escritores jóvenes con más proyección en España y en América Latina.

Pudor es un libro sobre la intimidad, sobre los deseos y los miedos que no nos atrevemos a contar a nadie, ni siquiera a las personas que más queremos. Pudor es una novela sobre los secretos con que nos protegemos para que los demás no nos hagan daño. Sus personajes son un hombre que va a morir, una mujer que recibe anónimos pornográficos, un niño que ve cadáveres, un gato que quiere sexo… Como muchas familias, todos esos personajes viven juntos y todos están solos.

Para escuchar este audiolibro, solo necesitas tu carné de biblioteca y tu contraseña. Si no lo tienes todavía, ¿a qué esperas para hacerte socio?

One year ago, we talked in our blog about other audiobook by Santiago Roncagliolo, Matías y los imposibles, especially interesting for the youngest readers and listeners. Today, we bring you the novel that made Santiago Roncagliolo one of the most promising young writers in Spain and Latin America.

Pudor is a book about intimacy, about the desires and fears that we dare not tell anyone. Pudor is a novel about the secrets that protect us. It’s characters are a man who is going to die, a woman who receives pornographic messages, a child who sees dead bodies, a cat looking for sex … Like many families, all these characters are living together and they are all alone.

To listen to this audiobook, you just need your library card and your password. If you didn’t get it, what are you waiting for? Become a member today!

Dedicamos el audiolibro de la semana a nuestro público más joven con Matías y los imposibles del escritor peruano Santiago Roncagliolo. Si quieres conocer a sus entrañables personajes no hay más que coger tu carnet de la biblioteca y hacer click aquí.

Matías es feíto, tímido y no tiene padres. Pero la cosa empeora cuando muere su abuelo. Entonces se queda más solo que una lechuga en un gallinero. Afortunadamente, unos inesperados amigos vendrán en su ayuda: el príncipe Guillermo, el hada Luz y el brujo Gorgon, los personajes del cuento que su abuelo le contaba y que, tras su desaparición, se han quedado sin trabajo.

Estos no entienden muy bien el mundo de las cosas reales, pero se harán amigos de Matías para vivir disparatadas aventuras traspasando la tenue frontera entre la realidad y la fantasía.

The audiobook of the week is dedicated to our young audience. It´s Matías y los imposibles by Peruvian writer Santiago Roncagliolo. If you want to meet its endearing characters, just take your library card and click here.

Matías is an ugly duckling, shy and has no parents. But things get worse when his grandfather dies. Afterwards he is left all alone.  Luckily, some unexpected friends will come to help him: Prince Guillermo, Fairy Luz and Wizard Gorgon, the characters of the tale that his grandfather used to tell him and who after his decease are currently unemployed.

They don´t understand very well the world of real things, but they will become Matias´friends to live crazy adventures going through the subtle frontier between reality and fantasy.

Last Monday, the 2011 longlist of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award  was announced.

The IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.

The Award, an initiative of Dublin City Council, is a partnership between Dublin City Council, the Municipal Government of Dublin City, and IMPAC, a productivity improvement company which operates in over 50 countries. The Award is administered by Dublin City Public Libraries.

 The nomination process for the Award is unique as nominations are made by libraries in capital and major cities throughout the world. Participating libraries can nominate up to three novels each year for the Award. Libraries interested in participating should contact the organisers for details.

This year, there are 6 novels written originally in Spanish that have been selected for this Award:

• Infinity in the Palm of her Hand by Gioconda Belli 
• Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow and Farewell by Javier Marías 
• Thursday Night Widows by Claudia Piñeiro 
• Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo 
• Season of Ash by Jorge Volpi      
• The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 

Which one is your favourite?