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Andrés lives in City, an unnamed metropolis where every day a never-ending flow of suicidal people choose to put an end to their lives. Andrés is the editor of the newspaper’s Sunday supplement; in other words, he specialises in triviality and low culture. Andrés is a bachelor who has no desire to swap his own routines for life as part of a couple. Andrés doesn’t write about the suicides.

Cirlot wrote 'Nebiros', his only novel, in 1950. It was not authorised for publication under Spanish censorship law as it was considered to be 'repugnant' and of 'disgusting morality'. In the epilogue, Victoria Cirlot explains the challenges faced by this manuscript, which remained lost and hidden for more than half a century, reappearing just in time for the centenary of the poet's birth.

Night, a sleepless man, a sleeping woman. He abandons himself to images that only blossom between waking and sleeping and feels that "insomnia is a dark animal with eyes as red as embers".

Throughout history, many athletes have been shining examples of tolerance, persistence, teamwork and respect for others. Some of them were world famous, but others remained anonymous. Little Big Acts in Sport collects some of their stories with the aim of showing how sport can be an important means to social transformation.