1. EN LA ORILLA RAFAEL CHIRBES (Anagrama, 2013).
2. LA NOCHE DE LOS TIEMPOS ANTONIO MUÑOZ MOLINA (Seix Barral, 2009).
3. CREMATORIO RAFAEL CHIRBES (Anagrama, 2007)
4. RABOS DE LAGARTIJA JUAN MARSÉ (Plaza&Janés, 2000)
5. JUEGOS DE LA EDAD TARDÍA LUIS LANDERO (Tusquets, 1989)
6. EL HEREJE MIGUEL DELIBES (Destino, 1998)
7. VERDES VALLES, COLINAS ROJAS RAMIRO PINILLA (Tusquets, 2004)
8. LA LARGA MARCHA RAFAEL CHIRBES (Anagrama, 1996)
9. EL DÍA DE MAÑANA IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ DE PISÓN (Seix Barral, 2011)
10. EL MAL DE MONTANO ENRIQUE VILA-MATAS (Anagrama, 2002).
11. LOS PECES DE LA AMARGURA FERNANDO ARAMBURU (Tusquets, 2006)
12. CORAZÓN TAN BLANCO JAVIER MARÍAS (Anagrama, 1992)
13. EL METRO DE PLATINO IRIDIADO ÁLVARO POMBO (Anagrama, 1990)
14 GALÍNDEZ MANUEL VÁZQUEZ MONTALBÁN (Planeta, 1991)
15. LA RUINA DEL CIELO LUIS MATEO DÍEZ (Ollero & Ramos, 1999)
16. EL EMBRUJO DE SHANGHAI JUAN MARSÉ (Plaza & Janés, 1993)
17. ESTATUA CON PALOMAS LUIS GOYTISOLO (Destino, 1992)
18. ROMANTICISMO MANUEL LONGARES (Alfaguara, 2001)
19. LA LEYENDA DEL CÉSAR VISIONARIO FRANCISCO UMBRAL (Seiz Barral, 1991)
20. EL CORAZÓN HELADO ALMUDENA GRANDES (Tusquets, 2007)
21. SOLDADOS DE SALAMINA JAVIER CERCAS (Tusquets, 2001)
22. LA SAGA DE LOS MARX JUAN GOYTISOLO (Galaxia Gutenberg, 1993)
23. EL ESPÍRITU ÁSPERO GONZALO HIDALGO BAYAL (Tusquets, 2009)
24. EL CAZADOR DE LEONES JAVIER TOMEO (Anagrama, 1989)
25. LOS GIRASOLES CIEGOS ALBERTO MÉNDEZ (Anagrama, 2004)
Phew !
Well, that's all very cultural and exciting ...oh yes ... and a handy list for when your fingers are hovering over the Amazon order you are just finalising ... but that isn't why they are up there ...oh no ....
Right ...here's what you do .... scroll back through those 25 book titles .. just the titles, that's all......... count how many verbs you come across.... you might need a notebook and a pen. Take care now ! Don't miss any ! Remember, they're the doing words.
Pause for thought ... active verb picture
1 Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez
2 La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
3 Crónica de una muerte anunciada... by Gabriel García Márquez
4 Rayuela by Julio Cortázar
5 Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel
6 Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
7 Cuentos de amor, de locura ... by Horacio Quiroga
9 El túnel by Ernesto Sabato
10 Rimas y leyendas by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
12 El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
13 Los renglones torcidos de Dios by Torcuato Luca de Tena
14 Pedro Paramo y El Llano En ...by Juan Rulfo
15 La casa de los espíritus La casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende
17 La sombra de la existencia by Macoco G.
18 El amor en los tiempos del ... by Gabriel García Márquez
19 La Ciudad y los Perros by Mario Vargas Llosa
20 Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla
21 El Salón de Ámbar by Matilde Asensi
21 Imposible pero incierto by R.R. López
23 Todo bajo el cielo by Matilde Asensi
24 El reino del dragón de oro by Isabel Allende
25 La ciudad de las bestias by Isabel Allende
It's gripping isn't it ! It's like hunting some rare, mythical creature deep in the jungle.
In general, book titles, whatever the language, hardly ever seem to have verbs in them. Nouns and Adjectives are their natural feeding-grounds, and they rarely stray far way .... maybe a few dinky prepositions etc might sneak it, but verbs .... hardly ever.
This is a pity, because book titles are pretty memorable, and could have been a rich source of "verbs forms we could remember" were there any to be had. Oh well.
And Music Time is here again.... ... here's Nada ( con letra) by, of course, Love of Lesbian .... brilliant song ......