Library of Fatima

The most viral book of recent times arrives in Portugal. Over 650,000 copies sold in Italy. Intense and captivating. Within the walls of the orphanage where Nica grew up, stories and legends were always told by candlelight. The most famous of all is that of the Tear Maker, a mysterious craftsman with glassy eyes, a terrifying figure who forges all the fears that dwell in people's hearts.

When, at seventeen, Nica is adopted by the Milligan couple, she thinks she is leaving this world of dark fairy tales behind, but the Milligans also adopt Rigel, a restless and mysterious orphan, and he is the last person Nica would want as a foster brother. Rigel is intelligent, incredibly handsome, but his angelic appearance hides a troubled and dark temperament. Although the two share a common past, living together seems impossible, especially when the legend resurfaces in their lives and the Tear Maker suddenly becomes increasingly real. Nica, sweet and courageous, is willing to do anything to protect her dream, because only by having the courage to face the nightmares that haunt her can she finally fly freely like the butterfly that bears her name. (Source: WOOK)

A shot pierces the night in the Sintra mountains during a Storm family dinner, and the matriarch knows she has lost one of her three children. The epicenter of the collapse originates many years earlier, between the end of the dictatorship and the early days of the revolution. Maria Luísa, the eldest daughter and clandestine opponent of the regime, is pursued by the PIDE. Frederico, the youngest son, is obsessed with losing his virginity before being mobilized for the colonial war. And Pureza, the middle daughter, sees her dreams of a perfect traditional family shattered by the ongoing revolutionary process.

Revolution follows the Storm family, from the collapse of the empire to the awakening of democracy, through the tumultuous, violent, and excessive months of the PREC, when hope and fear divided the Portuguese, and many believed the country was on the brink of civil war. A tragicomic novel about freedom and family relationships during a unique period of transformation in Portugal’s history, where character and radicalism clash, separating children from parents, placing siblings on opposite sides of the barricade, creating fanatic terrorists and unlikely heroes. (Source: WOOK)

Zofia, in difficult times, always found comfort in two things: books and her best friend, Janina. However, nothing prepared her for the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw. As bombs fall over the city and Hitler’s forces loot and destroy, Zofia discovers that books also need to be saved.

The two friends never abandon the love they share for reading, not even when Janina is taken by the Nazis to a Jewish ghetto. With the growing number of deaths and intensifying persecution, Zofia takes action, seeking to rescue Janina as well as all the books she can recover from the rubble, hiding them and founding a clandestine reading club. Yet, as the liberation of Warsaw approaches, the lives of the women and their families become increasingly dangerous—and escape may not be possible for everyone.

Amid the surrounding destruction, Zofia must fight to save her friend and preserve her culture and community, using the only weapon she has left—literature. (Source: WOOK)

Every year, on August 16, Ana Magdalena Bach takes the ferry to the island where her mother is buried to visit her grave. These trips end up being an irresistible invitation to become a different person for one night a year. Ana has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to abandon the life she has built with her husband and two children. However, alone on the island, Ana Magdalena Bach watches the men at the hotel bar, and every year she finds a new lover.

Through sensual Caribbean nights filled with salsa and boleros, seductive and cunning men, Ana journeys deeper each August into her desires and the hidden fears of her heart. Written in the unmistakable and captivating style of García Márquez, See You in August is a hymn to life, the endurance of pleasure despite the passage of time, and female desire. An unexpected gift from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known. Translated by J. Teixeira de Aguilar. (Source: WOOK)