In The Gardener and Death, Bulgarian writer Georgy Gospodinov (Iámbolo, 1968) offers an autobiographical story about a son who, day after day, sees how his father, Diño Gospodinov, an ironic and vital man, fades away due to illness. He tells this through an interior monologue. The book, published by Edicions del Periscopi and translated into Catalan by Marc Casals, is recommended by writer Care Santos. "More than a book about death, it's a book about the end of life. In addition, it has the added value that Gospodinov wrote it because he needed to. He not only talks about a man who is gone forever, but also about his landscape and his history. And in doing so, he retains everything," says the writer, who this year published The love that passes (Column), which tells the love story of his parents.

Care Santos (Mataró, 1970) has had the privilege of learning about her parents' love story from the very beginning through a rich correspondence. She had wanted to tell it for a long time, and now that she has finally been able to access the letters, she has been able to do so. The love that passes (Column / Destiny) There is little fiction but a lot of craftsmanship. The author of achievements such as Locked rooms (2011), Chocolate craving (Ramon Llull Prize 2014), Blue Diamond (2015) and The crazy bird (2023), which also triumphs with the young adult novel, dares to take on a very intimate story and questions what we really fall in love with.