Travestismo lingüístico

El abuelo de esta historia puede soñar lo que se le antoje y hasta soñar por encargo los deseos del panadero, la frutera o el camarero. ¿Se trata de un verdadero domador de sueños o de un avezado inventor de historias? Un libro-sueño, de ilustraciones exquisitas, del que uno no quiere despertar.

The five novels written by Juan José Millás between 1988 and 1998 (El desorden de tu nombre; La soledad era esto, Volver a casa; Tonto, muerto, bastardo e invisible; and El orden alfabético) display an increasing preoccupation with a limited number of themes, principally identity and social criticism. They also demonstrate the constant reiteration of a specific group of motifs, an increasing use of metafictional devices, and the use of bizarre or mentally disturbed protagonists. Millás presents writing as the compulsive expression of obsessive thought. This book explains Millás's...

Ines is a nine-year-old girl who spends the afternoons with her neighbor Lupe, an elderly woman with a vivid imagination. Lupe asks Ines to write letters to son Lucas, however, reality and fantasy seem to blend in Lupe's mind, as if some mice were gnawing at her memories.

No hay nada como una familia de huevos de pascua. Las liebres y los conejos se dedican a lo mismo: siempre andan robando huevos.