{"title":"Questioning","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlastic Books books with LGTBIQ+ questioning.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"deseo-de-ser-arbol-angelo-nestore","title":"Deseo de ser árbol","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"463\" data-start=\"89\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"109\" data-start=\"89\"\u003eDeseo de ser árbol\u003c\/em\u003e is a brave and deeply honest poetry collection that explores desire as a force that runs through childhood, family, love, and the body. Ángelo Néstore, true to his poetics, delves into the places where this impulse is born and, at the same time, domesticated: home, emotional bonds, and the rules that try to set the limits of what is desirable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"872\" data-start=\"465\"\u003eFrom this tension, the book places us in a conflict that is also a possibility for liberation. The poems imagine other ways of enjoying, loving, and inhabiting one’s own body, oriented toward the collective, the organic, and the animal. Its pages open up space to think about communities of affection where other joys, other pleasures, and other ways of naming what we feel are possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1041\" data-start=\"874\"\u003eWinner of the V Premio ESPASAesPOESÍA \u003cspan\u003e2022\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cem data-end=\"931\" data-start=\"911\"\u003eDeseo de ser árbol\u003c\/em\u003e confirms Ángelo Néstore as one of the most unique voices in contemporary poetry written in Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eÁngelo Néstore\u003c\/strong\u003e (Lecce, 1986) is a poet, performer, and artist based in Málaga. He has published, among others, the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-end=\"229\" data-start=\"214\"\u003eActos impuros\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-end=\"251\" data-start=\"231\"\u003eHágase mi voluntad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-end=\"274\" data-start=\"254\"\u003eDeseo de ser árbol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, recognized with awards such as the Hiperión, Emilio Prados, and the V Premio ESPASAesPOESÍA. His poetic work appears in various anthologies and has been translated into several languages. In addition to his work as a translator and teacher, he directs the poetry publishing house Letraversal and co-directs the Irreconciliables festival. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-end=\"589\" data-start=\"576\"\u003eLeche cruda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Espasa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56331188109656,"sku":"LIB-DE-ES-358","price":5.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/deseo-de-ser-arbol-angelo-nestore-8932364.jpg?v=1764842288"},{"product_id":"mulleres-que-viven-xuntas-abril-camino","title":"Mulleres que viven xuntas","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"227\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"77\"\u003eMulleres que viven xuntas\u003c\/em\u003e, Xerais Novel Prize 2025, is an intimate story about love, memory, and the weight of silence in Spain during the second half of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"610\"\u003eIn 1955, after her father's death, Isabel is forced to leave Galicia and move to London at barely ten years old, taken in by some relatives. Years later, in 1968, she returns to her village near Santiago de Compostela. There she meets Chus, a teacher who had cared for her mother during her absence. A loving relationship develops between them that will last a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"854\"\u003eHowever, the social context of the Franco dictatorship and fear of gossip force them to keep their relationship secret. This imposed silence deeply marks their story and decisions, leaving traces that span decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"1245\"\u003eWith a sober style and carefully crafted characters, the novel alternates different times and narrative voices to accompany the emotional growth of its protagonists. \u003cem data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1063\"\u003eMulleres que viven xuntas\u003c\/em\u003e invites reflection on the difficulties that sexual orientation has posed for many people and on how love tries to find its way even in contexts of repression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1388\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA moving novel that weaves the bright threads of love and passion with the shadows of frustration and the silences of an era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edicións Xerais","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56870253658456,"sku":"LIB-MU-ED-568","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788411107396.jpg?v=1773089346"},{"product_id":"redada-de-violetas-represion-homosexuales-franquismo","title":"Redada de violetas: La represión de los homosexuales durante el franquismo","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue of the classic history of homosexuality in Spain, first published in 2003 with an epilogue by politician Pedro Zerolo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered criminals, many Spanish homosexuals were victims of state-organized repression during Franco's regime, which involved imprisonment in jails or penitentiary colonies, initially under the Law of Vagrants and Thugs and, from 1970 onwards, under the Social Danger Law, in a sinister episode that had remained ignored for decades. Redada de violetas explores the history of the homosexual community in Franco's Spain through a broad tapestry of experiences, centered on the incredible ordeals of people imprisoned for their sexual orientation or subjected to medical therapies who decided to share their testimony.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Egales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57016289067352,"sku":"LIB-RE-EG-757","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788417319960.jpg?v=1775058199"},{"product_id":"el-encanto-de-los-naufragos-fernando-garin","title":"El encanto de los naúfragos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarco, a homosexual painter in the midst of a creative crisis, contemplates his unfinished canvases from his solitary apartment. There were better times: when he had the love of his mother, the complicity of his sister, or the hope of feeling loved. All has vanished, and the dream of living in Barcelona has turned into an existence with nothing new to offer him. Only his sparkling friend Barri seems to keep him afloat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Marco’s fate changes unexpectedly when he meets Leo, an attractive young man determined to self-destruct, who manages to awaken his curiosity and inspiration. The irresistible desire to discover Leo’s most intimate secrets will become a game as captivating as it is risky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDare to read this story about love, self-destruction, and hope.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eFernando Garín \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fernandogarin_\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Instagram\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e@fernandogarin_\u003c\/a\u003e (Zaragoza, 1979) holds a law degree and works at the University of Zaragoza. In 2019, he published his first book: La pluma y el Oeste. El fascinante viaje de la homosexualidad a través del western, an essay that reviews the history of Western cinema from an unusual gay perspective. La pluma y el Oeste was selected among the 10 best LGBT-themed books of 2019 according to Dos manzanas and among the 11 LGBTI+ reading suggestions for World Book Day 2020 according to Shangay magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEl encanto de los náufragos is his first novel and debut in the world of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editorial Siete Islas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57016374067544,"sku":"LIB-EL-ED-682","price":17.11,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788412274929_926ce968-fddd-452f-aab9-b557b4e94ed9.jpg?v=1779285244"},{"product_id":"sin-sexo-no-hay-feminismo-un-manifiesto-proporno","title":"Sin sexo no hay feminismo: Un manifiesto proporno","description":"\u003cp\u003ePornography can be a tool of emancipation, a safe space for sexual self-discovery. If porn were no longer relegated to the margins of society, a cultural shift could be possible, allowing us to create a space for diversity and equality. Paulita Pappel shows us how we can free ourselves from internalized shame and live a freer sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book can help us let go of the fears associated with sexuality. It is a proposal to create places where diversity has room to flourish and where we can live a self-determined sexuality. Porn can be the path that helps us understand ourselves better, discover what we truly want, and how we can achieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Paulita’s contribution to a more inclusive pornographic culture and a pro-sex society deserves all our attention.” – Erika Lust\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Bellaterra Edicions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57017684132184,"sku":"SI-BE-695","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/IMG-0805.jpg?v=1775079885"},{"product_id":"tu-a-soria-yo-a-barcelona-o-como-cambian-las-vidas-queer-en-funcion-de-donde-vivimos-apuntes","title":"Tú a Soria, yo a Barcelona: o como cambian las vidas queer en función de dónde vivimos","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book about sexile. The abandonment of LGTBI people from their place of residence due to rejection, discrimination, or violence, especially in rural areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a set of expectations about big cities as essentially better spaces for LGBTI people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTú a Soria, yo a Barcelona aims to be informative, to convey theoretical and empirical ideas about how the experience of space changes depending on our sexual orientation or our gender identity and expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Egales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57059131097432,"sku":"LIB-TU-EG-782","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788419728296.jpg?v=1775503670"},{"product_id":"historia-de-la-homosexualidad-femenina-en-occidente-969-mayor","title":"Historia de la homosexualidad femenina en Occidente: 969 (Mayor)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow has female homosexuality been approached throughout the ages? Is it possible to establish a temporal continuity in the way homoeroticism (and homosociability) among women was experienced and perceived? Are the categories of sexual orientation and erotic identity valid and universal for its historical understanding? Lesbohistory has deeply explored and enriched these topics and debates, pointing out the anachronisms and distortions involved in postulating an inherent homosexual identity to the human condition and a transhistorical “lesbian personality.” From this same perspective, this book offers a comprehensive synthesis of female homosexuality in the West, beginning in Greco-Roman antiquity, continuing through the medieval, modern, and contemporary periods, and concluding in the present. Its purpose, through diverse sources, practices, representations, discourses, and testimonies, is to account for both historical continuities and similarities—starting with the rejection and invisibility of female homoerotic relationships, as they displaced male power or challenged the patriarchal order—as well as historical differences—also in relation to male homosexuality—constituting a valuable contribution to the still scarce studies dedicated to lesbohistory in the Spanish-speaking world to date.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Los Libros de la Catarata","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57188937204056,"sku":"9788413528359","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788413528359.jpg?v=1777241116"},{"product_id":"mariquita-una-historia-autobiografica-sobre-la-homofobia-juan-naranjo","title":"Mariquita: Una historia autobiográfica sobre la homofobia","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the very beginning, Juanito realizes he doesn't fit in with the others. At school, they start calling him mariquita, and he doesn't quite understand what it means. This personal work tells a universal story: that of the marginalized, the different, the bullied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn autobiographical story about homophobia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom his childhood to the present day, Juanito Libritos shares his experiences as a homosexual in 1990s Spain. The homophobia he endured during his school years, the search for identity in adolescence, and his beginnings as an openly gay man in adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMariquita is a window into Juanito Libritos’s own life, a story of growth and learning in which we see how a child realizes from the very first moment that he doesn’t fit in with his family, school, or society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it’s not just about the bullying he faces for being gay: it also talks about what Spanish society was like in the 1990s regarding sexual diversity, how culture and books can save lives, and how an LGBT person begins to discover the community they belong to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritics have said...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It draws a manifesto in favor of inclusion. To remind both young and old that we are all different, but equal. And free to be whoever we want.”\u003cbr\u003eEl País\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A story that goes from sadness and loneliness to learning and empowerment. And happiness at university.”\u003cbr\u003eJusto Barranco, La Vanguardia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of those comics that should change the way many understand the world.”\u003cbr\u003eMondo Sonoro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A story with which many will undoubtedly identify, and that turns out to be a testimony of personal overcoming and LGTBI pride that captivates.”\u003cbr\u003eShangay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An essential title.”\u003cbr\u003eDiario SUR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“These stories not only deserve to be told, but also deserve to be heard.”\u003cbr\u003eA book whisperer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It is a work of art designed by himself, full of color and drawings.”\u003cbr\u003eOnda Cero Cataluña\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A hundred pages that invite both laughter and tears in equal measure.”\u003cbr\u003eViva Málaga\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The biography of a community that shows a reality and helps teach that we are part of a community that shares many experiences.”\u003cbr\u003eTogayther\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A reference for all those children who have felt alone, marginalized, humiliated, different.”\u003cbr\u003eAntonio Cazorla\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In its pages, you find that search for identity that struggled for many years in his family, school, and society.”\u003cbr\u003eRevista DC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A book that I believe should be read from adolescence to teach that no one should be judged by their sex, color, sexual orientation, etc.”\u003cbr\u003eVuelo de cuervos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Sapristi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318524485976,"sku":"LIB-MA-SA-1386822","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788412059069.jpg?v=1779133330"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.plasticbooks.uk\/en\/collections\/libros-cuestionamiento-lgtbiq.oembed","provider":"Plastic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}