With the already famous pseudonym of Peridis, of clear evocation to the ancient world, Jose Maria Perez Gonzalez he moves with ease between various creative fields as diverse as architecture (the fact of projecting a new building is still creative), television, literature or comic strips. A varied performance that precisely brings him closer to the virtue of those past sages of similar Latin sonority.
But it is strictly literary where we are going to focus. For more information, the historical fiction It is the genre in which this author has moved with the greatest dedication, without ruling out other types of narratives in which he has burst as a great discovery.
With a passion for historical buildings derived from his profession as an architect, Peridis occasionally approaches another writer of historical novels such as louis clog, both of them fascinated by the testimony of the constructions of the past and determined to send us the echoes of their walls.
But as I say, Peridis is not closed to a single literary field, in the same way that his creative imprint has led him to present his comic strips in the newspaper El País for more than 30 years ...
Top 3 Recommended Peridis Novels
Waiting for the king
The moments of the successions. Those critical moments in which the outgoing king senses his exit from the forum and attracts the attention of the whole world around him before the new outline of destiny that can be marked… Valladolid, 1155: Alfonso VII, the emperor, reunites his court to communicate a momentous decision. At his death, the kingdom will be divided: Sancho, his first-born, thoughtful and weak, will inherit Castile, while Fernando, his impulsive younger son, will wear the crown of León.
With this starting point, José María Pérez, peridis, in this novel pleasantly recreates a fascinating medieval period, starring kings and nobles, loyalists and traitors. And also for the women who accompanied them: Teresa, the prudent, the unclassifiable Cecilia, the naive Estefanía, Raquel, the beautiful Jewess ... And for the common people: stonemasons, artisans, religious, peasants or merchants who while they were building a kingdom for their lords and for the greater glory of the Christian God, they left a memory of their longings and toils on the stone of churches and cathedrals, to whom the author has dedicated a good part of his life.
The heart that I live with
In someone like Peridis, the mutation should not be considered something alien. After years of playing very different keys, the arrival of this award-winning novel Spring Novel 2020 he discovers a versatile author, capable of intertwining genres by changing registers, settings and even emotions.
At the Carmen Day pilgrimage in the town of Paredes Rubias, Esperanza meets Lucas, who recently graduated in medicine and wants to make a place for himself in the world. They have their whole lives ahead of them and the conviction that they are called to be the masters of their destiny.
And yet...Two days after that dance, war breaks out violently in the town, sowing destruction and hatred among its people. The families of the two young people are on opposing sides and Gabriel, Lucas's brother, is taken prisoner and sentenced to death. In the midst of this misfortune, a gesture as brave as it is unexpected will have transcendental value.
Starting from the stories that were told to him in his region, on the border between Palencia and Cantabria, José María Pérez, Peridis, moves us with a passionate novel about the power of affections, the strength of dignity and the need for sincere reconciliation. . A story that reminds us that, above ideologies, there are always people and that, in decisive moments, we can be capable of the best.
The curse of Queen Eleanor
Historical fiction always plays on a board where the balance between the informative and the strictly narrative plays its part. In the case of Peridis, her virtue is the synthesis of her exhaustive knowledge to perfectly stage her, giving her characters the most prominent role. It is not easy to enter real, famous, transcendent characters, and end up writing a novel about what could be their vision of passing through the world.
When the balances are presented in the best way, the work is greatly enjoyed. The year of the Lord of 1184 runs and in a prosperous and peaceful Castile, Don Alfonso, the VIII of his name, and Dona Leonor of England reign. It would be the moment to enjoy everything that has been achieved if it were not for the fact that the queen could not enlighten the male heir who would give continuity to the dynasty.
After two unfortunate births, Eleanor, a foreigner in her own court, is convinced that her misfortune is divine punishment for the adulterous love that the king maintains with Rachel, the beautiful Jewess of Toledo. The queen, mad with jealousy and anger, he devises a plot to get rid of his rival ... What he does not know is that revenge always leaves unexpected victims.
Thus begins a story that covers the thirty most important years of our Middle Ages, in which the ties with the European courts were stronger than what we have been told, the rivalries between the Christian kingdoms more bitter than imaginable and in which After centuries of fighting against the Muslims, everything was still to be decided in the Reconquista. Peridis, who with Waiting for the King seduced tens of thousands of readers, demonstrates that he is an extraordinary narrator, with an unusual ability to give soul and life to the characters, as fascinating as they are unknown, in the historical chronicle.
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