After all, there are certain parallels between film direction and novel writing. With the advantage that writing you do not have to face potential egos of the high-ranking actor on duty. Or maybe that's why Guillermo del Toro he writes novels (half with other writers), to be able to order without any reply characters that from the outset only live on paper.
Although Guillermo and his writing landing is not something as occasional as that of other illustrious filmmakers such as Woody Allen. Because there are a few novels from which he also ends up excising his scripts, with that precision that rescues dialogues, scenarios and intentions to adjust to the requirements of cinema.
Although to be fair (and precise), as I have already anticipated, the novelistic aspect of Guillermo del Toro is always accompanied by other narrators with whom he probably meets to trace the possible possibilities of each new idea, looking at what may finally emerge: script, novel or both ...
Top 3 recommended novels by Guillermo del Toro
The shape of the water
The fantastic gives rise to all kinds of emotions. In the first place, because it leads us back to childhood; secondly, because it makes us look at the world with new eyes; thirdly because the imagination is powerful even to assault our emotions when such brilliance is counted on. That is what happens with this plot.
Set in the city of Baltimore during the Cold War, at the Occam Aerospace Research Center, recently reached by a being as extraordinary as it is potentially valuable: an amphibian man captured in the Amazon. What follows is an emotional love story between this being and one of the cleaning women in Occam, who is mute and communicates with the creature through sign language.
Developed from the first moment as a groundbreaking simultaneous release (the same story recreated by two artists in the independent media of literature and cinema), this work interweaves fantasy, horror and the romantic genre in order to create a story that is as fast-paced on paper as it is on the big screen. Get ready for an experience unlike anything you've read or seen.
The hollow beings
The unquestionable dark point of Guillermo del Toro can break towards any slope, breaking down the levees determined to contain the imagination. This time we tackle a terrifying noir plot.
Odessa Hardwicke's life derails when she is forced to shoot her partner, a federal agent who inexplicably loses control during the capture of a violent murderer.
The shot, in self-defense, shocks the young agent, but what most worries Odessa is the spectral entity that he has seemed to see detach from the body of his deceased partner.
Hardwicke, who doubts his sanity and his future in the FBI, agrees to be in charge of collecting the belongings of a retired agent in the New York office.
What she finds there will put her on the trail of a mysterious figure: Hugo Blackwood, a tremendously wealthy man who claims to have been alive for centuries and who is either crazy or is the best and only defense of humanity against an indescribable evil.
From the authors of the Trilogy of Darkness comes a world of suspense, mystery, and eerily strange, terrifying, and astonishing literary horror. "The Hollow Beings" is a captivating and chilling tale, a movingly original new fable from Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro and renowned author Chuck Hogan, starring their most fascinating character to date.
Pan's Labyrinth
There was also a novel for this film that fascinated us all during its good years. And reliving it now from paper is fully enjoyable because it awakens those flashes full of fantastic nostalgia for a story already made very typical of the imaginary of these lands.
A dark and magical novel, an unforgettable collaboration between two of the most renowned storytellers of our day: Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia funke.
In an underground kingdom, where there were no lies or pain, a princess dreamed of humans. One day she escaped to our world, the sun erased her memories and the princess died, but her spirit was immortal. The king would not give up: he hoped that his daughter would return home one day. In another body. In other time. Maybe somewhere else. He would wait ... until his last breath, until the end of time ...
Atmospheric and absorbing, inspired by the Oscar-winning film, and with original material that expands the story, this captivating novel splendidly illustrates that fantasy is the most astute device for unlocking the miracles and terrors of reality.
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