For decades, Spain's ruling classes preferred an incompetent and inexpensive state to the opposite. This was primarily because efficiency equated to a tax system with a direct and proportional impact on the highest incomes. Evading taxes was once—and, unfortunately, it seems this selfish refrain is making a comeback—justified and even encouraged by certain rhetoric. Furthermore, the skittish nature of money was accentuated by any of the contemporary political uncertainties. Whether it was the proclamation of the Second Republic, the outbreak of the Civil War, the hesitant initial steps of the Transition, or a potential unilateral declaration of independence, the wealthy were always the first to flee to the nearest tax haven.

Come on, the new novel by Jon Fosse, Nobel Prize winner for Literature 2023, immerses the reader in an atmosphere of introspection and silence, thanks to the writer's ability to construct a universe where time seems to stop and each moment dissolves into a spiral of sordid and delicate emotions at the same time. With this contemplative essence, the novel insists that life is a constant back and forth between presence and absence, between love and betrayal, and that in the end everyone is looking for a space where they can be accepted as they are, without masks or disguises.

The Canarian poet, essayist, and translator Andrés Sánchez Robaina has died at the age of 72 in Tenerife, where he created a vast and unorthodox poetic and intellectual oeuvre connected to Barcelona and the world. He was a professor at the University of La Laguna, a teacher, editor, essayist, and director of literary magazines such as Literature (Barcelona, ​​​​1976) and Syntax (Tenerife, 1983-1993).