
La jauría y la niebla
Algaida, 2009 | The Hounds and the Fog
Translations
Bulgaria / Era Publishers; Italia / H2O
Awards
***II Logroño Prize for Fiction***
Press
“This novel’s greatest strength lies in its direct and brutal depiction of bullying. It tells harsh and bleak stories. Readers will certainly not be indifferent to Ander’s fate. Children mirroring adult socio-political rivalries and reckless attitudes that perpetuate a particular criminal language.” Francesco Scarcella, Mangialibre
«Novels have to seduce and attract with the truth of the world they reveal and in the case of The Hounds and the Snow, the reader will discover an extraordinary mechanism of narration. Its singularity lies in the balance between depicting the world as it is and at the same time telling a story, a tale of experience. A very intense read written with bravery and sincerity.» Antonio Muñoz Molina
«The novel tells, with a miraculous mix of crudeness and tenderness, of a school harassment case in a little Basque town (…) The story is immense, as is the story-telling. (…) The pack and the fog is, aside from an impeccable work, a necessary novel that sends us face first against a hurtful and shameful reality: school violence exists because, consciously or not, it´s implicitly consented by too many. By the group. By the teachers. By the aggressors´ parents.» Marta Rivera de la Cruz, El Progreso
Synopsis
(The Hounds and the Fog) One morning in December, Ander faces one of the hardest moments of his existence: going to class. The same day, the writer Ignacio Mayor visits the Basque School where Ander studies, to give a conference. With the social pressures of school life ever-present, these characters, intertwined by feelings, coincidence and memory, weave a story about the violence that groups can wield over individuals, the loss of innocence and the need to recover it in order to carry on living.
- 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
- 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
- La colección «Pisco»
MB Authors Fiction
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Bibiana CANDIA
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Olivia GALLO
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Gemma RUIZ
- Màrius SERRA
- Ramon SOLSONA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI