Friday, December 29, 2023

Plays I saw 2023

- La vida es sueño, Pedro Calderón de la Barca / Declan Donnellan / Nick Ormerod
- El beso de la mujer araña, Manuel Puig / Diego Sabanés / Carlota Ferrer
- Nessun dorma, Eu Manzanares
- Ricard III, William Shakespeare / Joan Sellent / Carla Torres
- Rovira vs. Rodríguez, Cristina Clemente / Nelson Valente
- Instruccions per fer-se feixista, Michela Murgia / Miquel Gorriz
- El llibre d'Ester, Marcos Xalabarder / Alba Teixidó
- Mercé Rodoreda en el triangle de París, Mercè Rodoreda / Mercè Ibarz / Ever Blanchet / Maria Casellas
- Las guerras de nuestros antepasados, Miguel Delibes / Eduardo Galán / Claudio Tolcachir
- Private, Ramon Bonvehí / Marta Codina / Daniel J. Meyer
- Història d’un senglar (o alguna cosa de Ricard), Gabriel Calderón
- La tardor no arriba mai, Lali Álvarez Garriga
- Amor a mort, Eu Manzanares / Gerard Sesé / Ariadna Cabiró / Arnau Tordera
- Piano blanco, Jimena González / Marcelo Caballero / Juan Pablo Schapira
- Hedda Gabler, Àlex Rigola / Henrik Ibsen
- El lector por horas, José Sanchis Sinisterra / Carles Alfaro
- La nit del peix kiwi, Josep Julien
- Le congres ne marche pas, Joan Yago / Israel Solà
- Antes que caiga la noche, Gaston Core
- Ñaque o de piojos y actores, José Sanchis Sinisterra / Daniela de Vecchi
- The Rocky Horror Show, Richard O'Brian / Cristopher Luscombe
- Al final, les visions, Llàtzer Garcia
- La madre de Frankenstein, Almudena Grandes / Anna Maria Ricart Codina / Carme Portaceli

My favourite ones were: Las guerras de nuestros antepasados, Història d’un senglar (o alguna cosa de Ricard), Piano blanco, La nit del peix kiwi, The Rocky Horror Show and La madre de Frankenstein.

Books I read 2023

January
- The teleportation accident, Ned Beauman
- Hyperion, Dan Simmons
- The fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons
- Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
- Shards of Earth, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay, Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy

February
- Transit, Rachel Cusk
- Aún es de día, Miguel Delibes

March
- Chanur's Venture, C. J. Cherryh
- The Kif Strike Back, C. J. Cherryh
- Chanur's Homecoming, C. J. Cherryh
- Kudos, Rachel Cusk
- Roadside Picnic (Пикник на обочине), Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

April
- The Book of Night Women, Marlon James
- Eyes of the Void, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí), Milan Kundera

May
- If Cats Disappeared from the World (世界から猫が消えたなら), Genki Kawamura
- Lords of Uncreation, Adrian Tchaikovsky

June
- A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller Jr.
- Breasts and Eggs (乳と卵), Mieko Kawakami

July
- Winter's Gifts, Ben Aaronovitch
- Chanur's Legacy, C. J. Cherryh
- El deseo de cambiar. Hombres, masculinidad y amor (The Will to Change. Men, Masculinity, and Love), bell hooks
- El Nedador, La ràdio Enorme (The Swimmer, The Enormous Radio), John Cheever

August
- Todo sobre el amor (All About Love: New Visions), bell hooks
- The princess bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version, William Goldman
- Una soledad demasiado ruidosa (Příliš hlučná samota), Bohumil Hrabal (2nd time)

September
- Los besos en el pan, Almudena Grandes
- La parábola del sembrador (Parable of the Sower), Octavia E. Butler
- Las medusas no tienen orejas (Les méduses n'ont pas d'oreilles), Adèle Rosenfeld

October
- The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith

November
- Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
- Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Trilogía (Trilogien), Jon Fosse

December
- Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie
- Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
- Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Children of Memory, Adrian Tchaikovsky