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20242025

The Tale of Two Lives

Peter is a talented university student who excels academically and has a close-knit family. He leads a literature club and meets notable authors like Colm Tóibín. Despite his academic success, he navigates typical 20-year-old experiences, including romantic and sexual relationships with girls like Rocío, Melinda, and Rosa.
Peter’s best friend, José, shares a deep bond with him, and they are open about their lives. Another friend, Mark, is more carefree and struggles academically but improves with the help of his strict yet caring grandfather, Alexander, who is a significant figure in Gibraltar.
Peter’s supportive parents are deeply involved in his life. He wins a literary award and leads discussions on important works. The story highlights Peter’s journey of balancing academics, friendships, and romantic relationships, showing his growth and maturity. The strong friendships, especially with José, are central, and the story explores the complexities of romantic and sexual relationships.

Emigdi Subirats i Sebastià
The Tale of Two Lives
Col·lecció Nou Món, 29

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20232024

Alys, Gareth’s Daughter

A young girl, Alys, grows up without any loving family bonds. He gets educated in two convent schools on the Welsh island of Ynys Mon in which he shows her rebellious sour personality. The shadow of his dead dad, who disappeared under extremely weird circumstances, is one of the greatest threads of the story. Once she decides to give up studying, he moves to different European countries where whe gets to know how cruelly men can behave due to sexual pleasures. Boldness and lovelessness, fight and sorrow, sex and purity, peace and weapons, passion and boredom… all kinds of sensations get mixed in a story that is meant to pay tribute to the Welsh country, people and culture. [Illustration by Alba Ripoll.]

Emigdi Subirats i Sebastià
Alys, Gareth’s Daughter
Col·lecció Nou Món, 26

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20202020

Footprints on Earth

Poetry is language in its purest state: a literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. No ifs ands or buts about it, it had been the most used, prestigious and passionate of literary genres for ages. It was the one brilliantly used by Greek and Roman classics like Homer and Virgil, who were able to give light to the most unforgettable epic stories with the strictest metrics of their period, which are still considered to be among the most outstanding books in literary history.