Advertising director Elsa loses her mother during a long December weekend. She works nonstop to avoid coping with her grief. Following a panic attack, Elsa travels to the island of Lanzarote with her friend Patricia to escape Madrid, while her partner, Bonifacio, remains in the city.

1973 film by Víctor Erice

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

2001 film directed by Julio Medem

2012 film by Xavier Villaverde

DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again? ROBOT DREAMS is the first animation film by the award-winning director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility.

After 25 years, an ex hired gun visits his old colleague, who is now a small town sheriff. Their past relationship is explored, as is how they reflect on it in the present.

2022 film directed by Carla Simón

2021 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.

“世界失败的那天清晨，人们正忙着搜捕几个流浪的孩子。” 《黑暗之心》+《蝇王》，一部虚构的美洲编年史，一部寓言式的现代启示录。 大森林吞没了圣克里斯托瓦尔的孩子，正如浩浩荡荡的埃莱河水带走了成吨的淤泥。大自然试图在孩子们身上孕育出一种全新的、陌生的文明，孩子们也试图在大森林腹地密不透光的树叶穹顶下创造世界。孩子是新世界的美梦，旧世界的遗民，如此野性，如此纯真。最终，他们以弃世的方式背叛了我们，而我们为了活下去，也背叛了他们。只有埃莱河依然不动声色地流淌着，像是一则寓意姗姗来迟的寓言。 如《百年孤独》般厚重，又如《佩德罗·巴拉莫》般神秘；既有浓郁的自然风情，又颇具知识分子色彩。出版当年即广受瞩目，一举夺得赫拉尔德小说奖。 ◎ 内容简介 虚构的中美洲城市圣克里斯托瓦尔，曾经与周边任何一座大城市一般无二，地区的经济中心，种植茶叶和柑橘。随着小企业的繁荣发展、水电站的建造与河道的修葺，整座城市开始加入到现代文明的行列。人们如此沉浸在繁荣中，却不知他们身处的世界早已全然失效，变成了一个粗陋的、没有意义的构造，官僚机构像沾了胶水的网一般笼罩着所有人，生活像节拍器一样呆板而乏味，有的房子把它的住户变成了爬行动物，有的把他们变成了人，也有的，把他们变成了昆虫。 有一天，圣克里斯托瓦尔的街头突然出现了一群来路不明的孩子，衣衫褴褛，面黄肌瘦，说着无人能懂的语言。起先他们靠沿街乞讨过活，随即开展了一系列破坏活动。更令人心惊的是，本地的孩子似乎也被这种暴乱的气息感染了，有人声称能听到他们的心声，有人在暗夜里加入了他们的行列。在政府的搜捕之下，孩子们先是躲进大森林，后来又藏进下水道，在那里，建立起了一个名为“光明共和国”的法外之地…… “世界就是这样告终，不是嘭的一响，而是嘘的一声。”孩子们是新世界的美梦，旧世界的遗民，他们的出现，恰如一声轻轻的叹息，宣告了古老美洲文明的终结；如下水道中精心搭建的光之殿堂，破开了目之所及的一切迷雾。 ◎ 评论推荐 巴尔瓦不需要任何写作上的建议，他早已创造出了一个完美的世界，早已拥有了一门与其年纪毫不相称的精湛技艺。——诺奖作家马里奥·巴尔加斯-略萨倾力推荐 在《光明共和国》中，巴尔瓦不仅运用了一如既往的大胆叙事，发挥了处理模糊情境的天赋，更增添了形而上学与暗黑寓言的维度，令人紧张而又不安，颇具康拉德《黑暗之心》式的犀利，呈现出了伟大文学作品的气象。——2017赫拉尔德小说奖颁奖词 合上书页时，你会被一种巨大的无力感笼罩，仿佛我们活在世上，却将永远迷失。而巴尔瓦写作的模糊性（一种严谨、精确而非空洞的模糊），帮助我们承受住了这种沉重的无力感。《光明共和国》是一部宏伟的著作，被一条深深的、不确定的古老河流贯穿。——《西班牙文化报》 事实上，巴尔瓦的重建过程展现了社会中几个重要概念的演化过程：暴力，童年，秩序，恐惧。这是《光明共和国》最深刻也最光明的核心。——《西班牙民族报》

2019 film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

2019 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar

1999 film by Pedro Almodóvar

2004 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar

2002 film by Pedro Almodóvar

2018 film directed by Oriol Paulo

这本选集的突出特点是编者独特的视角。他没有循规蹈矩，既没按年代和流派、也没按文学门类编选（可能是由于篇幅所限），而是按作品的主题来编选。这就使编者有了充分的自由，只管收录自己熟悉并喜欢的名家名作。可谓独辟蹊径，聪明而又实用之举。此外，他在书中选用了一些译界前辈的文本，使我们对西班牙文学的译介过程有一个总体印象，这也是十分有意义并有趣味的。书中有些诗作是他自己翻译的，依他的文学功底，应很值得期待。