Paperback, 300 pages
Castellano language
Published May 5, 2021 by Círculo de Tiza.
A través de sus personajes rotos, el autor se ríe de lo que se asume como el triunfo, de la vanidad, del esfuerzo inútil de ser reconocido por los otros. Pero también indaga en la necesidad de brindar sentido al amor, la pena y el perdón. En medio de situaciones extravagantes, Bob-Waksberg trata de encontrar un equilibrio entre todas esas pequeñas grietas y dolores invisibles, con tanta frescura como rebeldía. Los seres destartalados, solitarios, heridos, incompletos, encuentran en estas páginas un vínculo de emoción que los salva y los hace reconocibles por cualquier lector de este siglo XXI tan impredecible.
Me encantan los libros de relatos cortos, me encantan las historias cotidianas y autorreflexivas y la mezcla del humor absurdo con el drama, así que me ha encantado este libro. Me alegro de haberlo leído con más curiosidad que expectativas, porque Bojack Horseman es una de mis cosas favoritas del universo, y la comparación no le hace justicia a este libro, que funciona increíbleme por sí mismo.
I didn't plan to read this short story collection about love during Valentine's Day week—it's just when my hold turn came up. Yay, me!
While I'm not generally a short story fan, I enjoyed this collection more than most. My particular favorites were:
"A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion," in which a young couple planning their wedding faces interfering relatives and friends chiming in on the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices to be made (among other things)
"We Men of Science," in which a professor visits another version of himself and his wife in a parallel universe
"Rufus," about a dog who is frustrated with the poor communication skills of his owner
I didn't plan to read this short story collection about love during Valentine's Day week—it's just when my hold turn came up. Yay, me!
While I'm not generally a short story fan, I enjoyed this collection more than most. My particular favorites were:
"A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion," in which a young couple planning their wedding faces interfering relatives and friends chiming in on the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices to be made (among other things)
"We Men of Science," in which a professor visits another version of himself and his wife in a parallel universe
"Rufus," about a dog who is frustrated with the poor communication skills of his owner
