Shanghai #3. Marzo 2007

The old woman Lucha is about to be killed by her husband before the astonished gaze of her granddaughter. The origin of the rancor accumulated for decades dates back to the early morning of January 2, 1921. The young Lucha experienced the shipwreck of the steamship Santa Isabel at the mouth of the Arousa estuary, off the island of Sálvora. While the men celebrated the arrival of the new year, the women faced alone the rescue of the castaways by throwing themselves into the sea with their dornas. They were considered heroines, but there were also rumors about not-so-epic behaviors, in which...

Dieciséis especialistas de diversas universidades del mundo analizan las peculiariedades de lo fantástico en textos de los tres últimos siglos, introducidos por un estado de la cuestión y dos estudios teóricos sobre fantasticidad

TEMBLOR DE INVIERNO es la historia de Paquito, un niño solitario, de los tomados socialmente como «raros». Se recrea una determinada y cruda situación que podría sucederle a cualquier niño casi marginal, en relación con otros niños. Su acción se desarrolla en un pueblo. Dentro de ese marco, la naturaleza, con su soledad, parece ser la única aliada del muchacho, incluso con sus frías embestidas. La malicia infantil es el tema preponderante de esta historia. TEMBLOR DE INVIERNO es un relato que pertenece al libro CUENTOS AGRIOS.

A story that develops themes of identity while exploring the deeper sources of love and the mysterious bond that both unites, as well as separates, parents and children. The story begins with the unusual visit of a father to the home of his son on a Sunday morning. This visit, unexpected and mysterious, ends in the two of them visiting the cemetery. This shared trip becomes a rich framework for exploration and meditation on their lives, their disappointments, their silences and the paradox of the distance between them despite the deep love that binds them.