
La colección «Pisco»
Anaya 1996 | Pisco Collection
Synopsis
(Pisco Collection) Pisco is designed as a series of eight titles (the first four, for children that are between 6 and 8 years old; the second group of four, for children between 8 and 10). The main character is Pisco, a seven-year-old boy who is like many other boys his age: curious, enthusiastic, and once in a while he tells a little white lie. He has a younger sister, Anita, who is very bright but doesn’t speak properly.
Their babysitter, Margarita, starts to tell Pisco, in the first volume (published in 1996), the story of Captain Caiman, a 17th century Spanish pirate. Caiman is a brave sailor that everyone is chasing after: his rival, Black Tooth; the British; and Admiral Deep Sea, the father of his girlfriend (Marisa del Cerro), who wants to have him tried in Spain for the murder of the Viscount of San Esteban.
The books can be read separately, although Captain Caiman’s adventures continue (Margarita gives a brief synopsis of the previous book at the beginning of the one that follows it). In the last book we discover the pirate’s true identity, and he is proved innocent of the crime they accuse him of.
While always striving to entertain young readers with adventures and humor, the series extols values such as friendship and love (sometimes unrequited, as Sergeant Windward and Pisco himself know full well), and slips in little life lessons (don’t be afraid of making mistakes, in “Pisco pasea por la ciudad;” dialogue within a family can solve problems, in “Pisco sueña con el Capitán Caimán;” you have to learn to share things, especially with your siblings, in “Pisco va a la playa;” friends and freedom are the real treasures, in “Pisco y la Isla de las Plantas Carnívoras”…)
The idea behind the series is to create books in which realism (a child’s everyday life) is mixed with fantasy (pirate adventures), as both dimensions are always present in childhood. The two planes blend together in this series when Pisco becomes Lieutenant Nobody and Anita becomes Pirate Badblood and they join Captain Caiman in his adventures.
Titles published in Spanish: Pisco pasea por la ciudad (Pisco Takes a Walk Through the City); Pisco sueña con el Capitán Caimán (Pisco Dreams of Captain Caiman); Pisco y la boda del Capitán Caiman (Pisco and Captain Caiman’s Wedding); Pisco va a la playa (Pisco Goes to the Beach); Pisco y la Isla de las Plantas Carnívoras (Pisco and the Island of Man-Eating Plants); Pisco y el Contramaestre Diente de Oro (Pisco and the Boatswain Gold Tooth) and Pisco y el asesino de los guantes blancos (Pisco and the White-Gloved Killer).
- Demasiado no es suficiente
- Mi precio es ninguno
- Yo fumo para olvidar que tú bebes
- Con las suelas al viento
- Escrito en el cielo. Madrid imaginada en la literatura (1977-2017)
- El capitán Miguel y Juan el Navegante
- Como los pájaros aman el aire
- El capitán Miguel y el misterio de la daga milanesa
- El juego sigue sin mí
- Un amigo así
- La jauría y la niebla
- Por el camino de Ulectra
- Nieve al sol
- Dos en una
- Campos enteros llenos de flores
- La primavera corta, el largo invierno
- Qué poca prisa se da el amor
- La hija del coronel
- El chico que imitaba a Roberto Carlos
- Mi precio es ninguno
- Y decirte alguna estupidez, por ejemplo, te quiero
- Algunas chicas son como todas
- Qué te voy a contar
MB Authors
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Xenia GARCÍA
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ramon MAS
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Amarna MILLER
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI