From chronicles of contemporary evils to stories of stolen babies, through much lyrical introspection, these seven writers promise future joys to a literary world in which the first works of Araceli Cobos, Azahara Alonso and Pedro Flores also stand out.

Pumpkin seeds. 152 pages. €17.90 You can buy it here.

“Reading Exhausted Mares is like having catharsis with a dear friend who tells uncomfortable truths. Of the truths that hurt, those that out of decorum, prejudice or fear continue to be kept silent, but that when trust is gained and they explode, they flash lights”, said Adriana Bertorelli about this “scalpel against meekness” signed by Bibiana Collado (Burriana, Castellón, 1985). A debut against classism and privilege written from orality, annoyance and rage.

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Winner of the Onetti Prize, Gabriela Escobar (Montevideo, 1990), stands out, in the opinion of Anna Maria Iglesia for her voice and style, “for her way of taking up such common themes, especially in the writings of the self, such as the relationship mother-child relationship, family secrets, the desire to escape or the impossibility of breaking with the past”. The narrative, made of fragments that intertwine and contrast, has something of a symphony in which the rhythm is set by counterpoint. “A style still in its infancy, but with solid foundations.”

Translation by Ismael Ramos. The outskirts. 184 pages. €16.95 You can buy it here.

National Young Poetry Prize 2021, Ismael Ramos (Mazaricos, A Coruña, 1994) forms the backbone of the stories that make up this narrative debut about uncomfortable silences like shadows, united in dissolutions. “In these stories there is a lot of poetry and extreme aesthetic care in the images. Each one means, each object has importance, each smell described carries a specific weight,” warned Adriana Bertorelli, making clear the lyricism of the young poet’s prose. “Ramos is a master at building atmospheres.”

Trojan Horse. 184 pages. 15.90 € Ebook: 4.99 €You can buy it here.

“It is not so much that María José Hasta (Huesca, 1989) looks where no one looks, but that she does so in such a genuine way that, through her eyes, it is as if we were seeing it for the first time. It seems to say that, If you observe carefully and know how to look, reality is the strangest thing,” Aloma Rodríguez wrote about this book of stories with a bildungsroman pulse. “One of the most exciting things about the book is that you have the feeling of witnessing the construction of a voice with an enviable capacity to raise images.”

Translation by Alicia Martorell. Alliance. 200 pages. €18.95 Ebook: €10.99 You can buy it here.

“With this first novel, María Larrea (Bilbao, 1979) manages to turn her personal story into something more than a mere testimonial exercise, aware that testimony does not have a significant value if it does not appeal to a collective context,” valued Anna Maria. Church about this devastating story that delves into the shadows of the drama of stolen children over three generations, achieving, while “questioning about the family and the need to build an origin and an identity”, reflecting the story from a country.

Navona. 576 pages. €26 Ebook: €11.99 You can buy it here.

“In this novel, we readers are taken on a delirious journey through the branches of the tortuous family tree of the Miralles: a Valencian family convinced that the sickly apple tree that grows in the patio of their farmhouse is the Tree of Good and Evil,” summarized in these pages by Juan Gómez Bárcena. “But his incorruptible faith is nothing compared to my own faith in Kike Cherta (Vinaròs, 1982): an author who overflows with intelligence, humor and audacity, and who has signed one of the best debuts in recent years.”