Osamu Dazai's 1939 novella depicts a day in the life of a Tokyo schoolgirl. Propelling Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against "them" -- a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the reader a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

A TOUCH OF MAGIC In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch…until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem…

Un llibre delicat, savi i vital sobre els vincles familiars, l’absència i l’escriptura. Una elegia fulgurant. Deu anys després de la mort del seu pare, el narrador d’aquest llibre decideix escriure-la. Amb l’ombra del suïcidi que priva el dol, es és possible trobar les paraules d’un comiat que no es va produir? Així, aquest relat personal i íntim esdevé una recerca per entendre com es forgen els vincles familiars, a què condemna el silenci, on s’amaga la veritat d’una història. Però l’escriptura falla, i l’autor recorre a les biografies d’escriptors que es van suïcidar i a les seves darreres notes per reconstruir un adeu possible, temptatiu. Serà només amb una narració polifònica i coral que podrà tornar als racons oblidats de la pròpia vida, allà on la memòria es torna buit. Relíquia es transforma, aleshores, en una crònica familiar que conté una reflexió sobre l’arribada a l’escriptura i el sentit de la creació; un text sobre la mort i l’absència que condueix als moments més relluents de l’amistat i l’amor. Amb un estil contingut, sense revolts, Pol Guasch ha bastit un llibre delicat i una elegia fulgurant.

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.