Overview
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.
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.
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