Reviews of current novels
The greatest paradox in the world is that life on the edge is the way of existing that most connects you with the soul, with a possible God and with the world around you. The imperious need for the small makes you value what you have inside, without artifice ...
Reality must always be a synthesis. The subjective world, our reality, is better outlined based on the meeting of two very different visions, capable of opening the range to the maximum to locate an intermediate point. Mateo is a young, pretentious and vital. Olga is an adult woman who occupies ...
In this volume entitled Tomb of cowboys, the necessary literary spirit of the ill-fated Chilean genius is recovered. The short novels: Graves of cowboys, Patria and Comedia del horror de Francia make up a very representative scene of the creative genius. Without a doubt, a surprising work, recovered from the deep drawer of the author. ...
Throughout life there are simply happy birthdays, those of childhood, as soon as it is accompanied by some light. Then others arrive who give you more thoughtfulness, some in which you resume that happiness and others in which you forget that you comply ...
Juanita Narboni, the protagonist of this novel, plays the role of the current frustrated par excellence. A character anchored in false morals and who is whipped inside by discovering himself wanting everything that repudiates his reason. Juanita becomes a fascinating character that hides from everyone and ...
A story fragmented into a thousand pieces. Those of the characters that cross the soul of the reader with their particular imprint, with their passage through the world in moments where their lives take finalist paths, bitter aspects, icy touches or states that border on despair. The most remarkable thing about this work ...
One of the great trends, and why not also say virtues, of the current narrative is that temporal fragmentation that leads you through parallel stories. Knots that could compose their own independent novel but that intermingle to compose a double reading experience. But it is not just a question ...
The exciting story of a Muslim woman facing the laws of men. A true hymn to freedom. Bilqiss, a young Muslim widow, faces trial for daring to take the place of the muezzin at prayer time. You know that, beyond that ...
Let's face it, how many jobs are absolutely vocational? The imperative adjustment of human resources often makes it impossible to match expectations with jobs adapted to them. And in most cases frustration arises. Some of this is what happens to Claire Flannery. Sick of a ...
Not so long ago I spoke of the interesting book by the economist Leopoldo Abadía: Grandparents on the Verge of a Grandchildren Attack. A book that keeps with this the analogy of his final motivation, which is none other than explaining what being a grandparent means today. Humor is a ...
Sometimes there comes a time when the balance of love swings from affection and routine to desire and incontinence. Filters, taboos, morals…, call it X. The question is that it can arise, no one is free from it. Abigail doesn't try to justify why she did it. ...
Life as a sequence, a necessary routine of accomplished facts. The meeting of full love towards the wear and tear of the sheets so many times shared… Clarisa and Marco are two young people with more present than future. Perhaps that is why their meeting is explosive. And maybe that's why they are ...