Creating a convincing short story is a formidable task: a special ability to create a world that instantly captivates readers within the confines of a limited number of pages is needed. “I love short stories. I have a quite serious love story with them, “Stephen King, one of the great masters of this art, said on one occasion. There is something in the short stories that tells me things in a way that does not do it a novel. It is worth spending time. In my opinion, they are a battered art form for which it is worth fighting. ”
From the Essential stories From Antón Chekhov to The things we lost in the fire Mariana Enriquez, in the best stories books it is guaranteed to find those short, bubbly and subtle stories, and sometimes twisted, with which to have a good time. And that is what happens with the book that stars this article, which has conquered national and international criticism. And The cultural He describes him as “stories that deal with what worries us … seasoned with a mood often hilarious”, Kirkus Reviews qualifies it as “human literary work” and the Corriere della Sera He says that “he manages to reach the true meaning of things and the inexhaustible fascination of fiction.”
The new book of an essential narrator
But allow us that we bargly for home and stay with the criticism that our partner Ana Trasobares (if you have not signed up for her book Newsletter, Club Esquire Readers, you are already taking time) makes of Man downFernando Aramburu’s last book: “I put your finger in the eye, in the sore and both at the same time”. Bam! The author of the bestseller Patria It presents us in his last work a series of stories that go from emotion to terror, from absurd to surprise and humor, from anguish to the most disturbing normality.
Tusquets Fallen Man – Fernando Aramburu
Fernando Aramburu’s new book is a lucid immersion in human nature: from the loneliness of those who are not understood to the behavior with our fallen neighbors in disgrace. But, Why did you choose it like that? He confessed to us in his last interview with Esquire.
“It is titled that way because I have the habit of headline my book books from one of them. I was initially carried out by intuition, I thought it was a euphoric titlea story in which a certain spirit of era was collected that said the air of the book well. Then, I have heard the interpretations of some readers who have been very bright because, in the end, I have been convinced that this specific story is a kind of metaphor of our time, “said this writer with eight Basque surnames.
And what do those readers of his book say? “In these stories its clear and precise language is recognized, and that touch of introspection from the everyday,” says one in Goodreads. “It is not the same as Patrianor of The childno better, worse, it is different. His brilliant prose as always, “adds another. And a third sentence:” The narration is excellent and makes you reflect. Some stories seem close to you and others possible, but in all they lead you to question. “What will be your review of Man down?
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