The Desperate Literature Notebook
The Desperate Literature Notebook
€8.00
Our notebook is finally out
Oxblood red lines with a blindstamped cover
120 pages
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Journal du Voleur
Jean GENET
SIGNED
GIFTS, Literature, Rare items
The terribly hard to find first edition of Journal du Voleur, here no. 377 of 400, signed by Genet upon the request of Jean-Paul Sartre in his petition to free Genet from jail!
CONTACT US at hello@desperateliterature.com for more info or to book a visit!
€850.00
CONTACT US at hello@desperateliterature.com for more info or to book a visit!
€850.00
Gift Certificates
GIFTSThe perfect gift for bibliophiles near and far.
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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
Jorge Luis Borges
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€25.00 – €200.00
‘Eleven Stories 2025’
.pdf + print edition
Eleven Stories, GIFTS, Literary Prize, Literature 'Generous, soulful distillations. A tasting flight of prosaic kerosene. Each story ignited a flare in a forsaken corner of my mind. I can’t wait to experience more from these voices.' —Henry Hoke
‘Wonderful: some very subtle, intimate and beautiful, others wildly imaginative and deeply thoughtful.’ —Ottessa Moshfegh
Eleven Stories 2025 collects the shortlist from our eighth short fiction prize and is available in either: DON'T FORGET: YOU GET €2.50 OFF ENTRY TO THE 2026 PRIZE...- PDF - €2.5
- PRINT + PDF - €11 / a limited edition copy and the PDF to boot. **shipping is by Spanish postal service and doesn't carry tracking, which can be added for €15 on demand via email!
One of our most exciting selections yet, our 2025 shortlist covers a spectrum of experimental and boundary pushing fiction. From a Faulknerian river story to the lushest, queerest body horror — from cross-country feminist malaise to cross-border love — prophets, mothers, labourers — a tedious apocalypse, post-capitalist hope — these eleven stories are brimming with magic, longing, and humour. Including work by:
Shastri Akella (WINNER), Swithun Cooper (RUNNER-UP), Alisha Dietzman (RUNNER-UP), Chloe Agar, Sohini Basak, Shelley Hastings (EU SALON PRIZE), Miguel Arroyo, Matthew Kinlin, Iseult de Mallet Burgess, Fox McGlasson, and Juan Fernando Villagómez (DL RESIDENCY PRIZE) ABOUT THIS YEAR'S WINNING STORY: ‘Tender... and haunting’ —Ottessa Moshfegh PLEASE NOTE: for orders over 5 copies, please contact us at hello@desperateliterature.com
€2.50 – €11.00
COURSE:
Sylvia Plath & David Lynch – los relatos estadounidenses
25 Oct
No Category Sylvia Plath y David Lynch: los relatos estadounidenses Gudrun Palomino 25 de Octubre 13h-15h30
La visión de lo grotesco y lo visceral frente a la deconstrucción de la idealización del sueño americano vertebran tanto la obra de Sylvia Plath como la de David Lynch. De hecho, hay bastantes puntos en común entre los dos creadores, como la crítica a la sociedad estadounidense, la personificación de la violencia, el mundo onírico y el tratamiento de los dobles y la dualidad personal. En este taller, trabajaremos con algunos poemas, ensayos, la novela La campana de cristal y las obras pictóricas y collages de Sylvia Plath contrastándolos con escenas y guiones tanto de Twin Peaks como de películas como Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive y Blue Velvet, así como lienzos de David Lynch. Además, analizaremos las biografías de ambos artistas (Cometa rojo y Espacio para soñar) para ver en qué coincidían sus vidas y su forma de crear, y veremos influencias comunes como Francis Bacon y Kafka. Los materiales estarán disponibles tanto en inglés como en español (con mis traducciones de Sylvia Plath) y el grupo estará reducido a 15 alumnos/alumnas/alumnes. €30
€30.00