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Lealtad al fantasma / Allied with the Ghost

Spanish · Paperback / Softback

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Publisher Annotation: The tragi-comic stories gathered in this book have a common denominator: the eruption of an overwhelming desire into the lives of vulnerable men and women who are either reborn or crumble under the weight of the ghosts haunting them. As their ghosts take over, they are transformed, either surrendering to love, or yielding to treachery. Seven dark humor tales look at different intimate apocalypses. With narrative voices ranging from empathy to irony, from satire to a bolero-like sentimental texture, Enrique Serna describes the cruel self-recognition trip of a French junkie, the bitter twilight of a provincial Don Juan, the struggles of a couple fighting for the affection of their adorable pet, the anxieties of a teacher who falls in love with his best student, the pathological devotion of a simple employee who feels united in spirit with a Hollywood diva, the anguish of an ombudsman who gets an unusual shot of erotic self-esteem, and the emotional crumbling of an old lady when the political polarization of her country makes its way to her bed. This book is a collection of tales, as told by a snake charmer.

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Enrique Serna es narrador y ensayista. Nació en la ciudad de México en 1959. Ha publicado las novelas Señorita MéxicoUno soñaba que era reyEl miedo a los animalesEl seductor de la patria (Premio Mazatlán de Literatura), Ángeles del abismo (Premio de Narrativa Colima), Fruta verde y La sangre erguida (Premio Antonin Artaud). Sus cuentos, reunidos en los libros Amores de segunda manoEl orgasmógrafo y La ternura caníbal, figuran en las principales antologías de narrativa mexicana breve publicadas dentro y fuera del país. En 2003, Gabriel García Márquez lo incluyó en una antología de sus cuentistas mexicanos favoritos publicada por la revista Cambio. Como ensayista, Serna ha publicado tres libros combativos y provocadores que dialogan con su obra narrativa o la complementan en el terreno de las ideas: Las caricaturas me hacen llorarGiros negros y Genealogía de la soberbia intelectual.

Summary

Las ficciones tragicómicas reunidas en este libro tienen un común denominador: la irrupción de una voluntad avasalladora en las vidas de hombres y mujeres vulnerables que renacen o se desmoronan bajo el influjo de sus fantasmas. ¿En qué se transforman los seres proclives a dejarse invadir, ya sea en la entrega amorosa, en la idolatría, o en la sumisión a un artífice traicionero?
 
Siete cuentos de humor negro relatan ese apocalipsis íntimo desde el ojo de la tormenta. Con una voz narrativa que va de la empatía a la ironía, de la sátira a la tesitura sentimental del bolero, Enrique Serna cuenta la cruel anagnórisis de un yonqui francés, el amargo crepúsculo de un donjuán provinciano, la disputa de una pareja mal avenida por el cariño de su adorable mascota, la zozobra de un apóstol de la enseñanza enamorado de su mejor alumna, la devoción patológica de una empleadilla unida en espíritu a una diva de Hollywood, las angustias de un ombusdman trastornado por una inyección de autoestima erótica y el colapso de una abuela en brama cuando invade su lecho la polarización política del país.
 
La comedia de las pasiones narrada por un encantador de serpientes.
 
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
 
The seriocomic stories gathered in this book have a common denominator: the irruption of an overwhelming desire in the lives of vulnerable men and women who are either reborn or crumble under the weight of the ghosts haunting them. As their ghosts take over, they are transformed, either surrendering to love, or yielding to treachery.
 
Seven dark humor tales look at different intimate apocalypses. With narrative voices ranging from empathy to irony, from satire to a bolero-like sentimental texture, Enrique Serna describes the cruel self-recognition trip of a French junkie, the bitter twilight of a provincial Don Juan, the struggles of a couple fighting for the affection of their adorable pet, the anxieties of a teacher who falls in love with his best student, the pathological devotion of a simple employee who feels united in spirit with a Hollywood diva, the anguish of an ombudsman who gets an unusual shot of erotic self-esteem, and the emotional crumbling of an old lady when the political polarization of her country makes its way to her bed.
 
This book is a collection of seriocomical tales, as told by a snake charmer.

Product details

Authors Enrique Serna
Publisher Random House N.Y.
 
Languages Spanish
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 18.10.2022
 
EAN 9786073816397
ISBN 978-607-38-1639-7
No. of pages 272
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Mexikanische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.)

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