Mapia congratulates you this Sant Jordi

Enjoy this special day in the streets, filled with red roses, endless books and legendary dragons. Don’t forget your umbrella, it might rain!

Since one of the most important traditions of this holiday is giving books as gifts, at Mapia we have decided to help you in case you are still undecided:

• I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov. With the rise of artificial intelligence, it’s a good time to revisit this science fiction classic that ponders the morality of people, robots, and questions the meaning of being human. Published in the 1950s, I, Robot remains as relevant as it was on day one.

 

• The Time of Cherries, by Montserrat Roig. Awarded with the Sant Jordi Prize, the novel explores the changes that occurred in Catalan society during the 1960s and 1970s through the eyes of its protagonists, in search of a lost paradise.

 

• The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. The first part of a still unfinished fantasy trilogy that caused a furor when it was published. A fresh and original proposal in a genre plagued by copies of The Lord of the Rings. Far from the solemn tone of epics, its fast-paced pace and the world that surrounds Kvothe’s story manage to captivate anyone who gives it a chance.

 

• Planos de grandes ciudades: cartography urbana a través del tiempo, by Kevin J. Brown. From the perspective of those of us who work with geospatial data and, specifically, cartography, this journey through time that the author takes, explaining and analyzing the evolution of “the city” through different plans, is interesting.

 

• The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman. It is widely considered one of the most original, sophisticated and artistically ambitious graphic novel series. A classic that never goes out of style, a timeless gem that should be read by anyone who loves comics.