Broken Bowl Books is the English-language imprint of Vaso Roto, a publishing house founded in Barcelona. Inspired by James Merrill’s poem “The Broken Bowl”, and Hölderlin’s vision—"Let divine nature break the vessel, so that the divine may become human"—our legacy is rooted in the belief that editing is an act of rethinking the world alongside our readers.

With Broken Bowl Books, we bring this vision into the English-speaking world. We seek to connect cultures through poetry, narrative, and thought. We believe that literature deepens our understanding of the human experience. By presenting our carefully curated catalog in English, we continue to honor the spirit of the “broken bowl”—gathering the fragments of experience into a shared voice that resonates across borders and invites readers to rediscover the beauty of the essential.