A must-read series and one of the best books of 2023: what you can't miss this week

The week that begins, with Jordi Garrigós

Some of the things we hope not to miss in the next seven days

I'll start the grief caused by the separation of the Zoo listening Malifeta, the project of the Valencian guitarist Arnau Giménez and Mireia Matoses (of Pupilas). After a period of publishing songs created during the pandemic, during which both lived together and composed, their first album has just been released, Mythology, a compilation of songs they've been making over the last three years and are now coming to light. Ideal for missing Pancho and company's band, because there's also rap and love for the blessed.

I will recover Little brother, published by Blackie Books, the publishing success of Ibrahima Balde, now that Alone brings great stories of migration and displacement back into fashion. Balde's is a harrowing first-person odyssey about the search for a lost brother, with a narrative that, if you weren't told it was real, you'd think it was fiction. One of the most haunting books I've read in recent years.

I will remember One of the greatest series of my life. I'm obviously talking about The Sopranos, David Chase's masterpiece, which humanized the New Jersey mafia to a level never seen before. We won't list the virtues of the entire crew from Bada Bing, because we wouldn't have enough space in the world, so we'll just make a recommendation: if you haven't seen it, start today. Available on HBO.

The week that ends, with Thaïs Gutiérrez

Notes on what we have seen, heard, tasted and, ultimately, experienced in the last seven days

I'm back to listen to one of my favorite podcasts, which I had been forgetting for months. The Weekly Deformed (Total Ideal) She keeps in good shape with the help of the tireless Lucía Litjmaer and Isa Calderón, who in this chapter talk to us about elegance and all the issues arising from this term, reviewing some great icons such as Isabella Blow.

They have given me The great serpent, by Pierre Lemaitre, which has the distinction of being the first crime novel written by the famous French writer, but which remained hidden in a drawer for decades. With an original plot—a 60-year-old woman who is actually a contract killer—it hooks the reader from the first page. A gift for fans of the French author.

I have celebrated the arrival in Catalan bookstores of Alone, the memoir by Javier Zamora published by Periscopio. It is the true story of the author, a young man from El Salvador who recounts the journey he made alone and on foot from his country to the United States at just 9 years old. An odyssey full of fear and pain that represents the journey of so many people who embark on this journey each year and that was considered one of the best books of 2023 by the The New York Times.

I couldn't stop thinking in the interview that Pablo Motos did this week with Sofia Vergara in The Anthill, a show I try not to watch because the host's machismo infuriates me. In this case, however, I made an exception to watch how the Colombian actress devours the host Motos with potatoes and turns all the questions around, ultimately ridiculing him. If you haven't seen it yet, it's worth rewatching.

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