El Crisol de Sangre no 3/4

El lector se enfrenta a un texto narrativo que describe, meticulosamente y sin escrúpulos, la vida azarosa del personaje principal de esta obra, narrada en primera persona y desde lo más profundo de sus sentimientos, afanándose en buscar una salida a su vida. A éste se le unen una serie de personas que por distintos motivos el destino ha unido en "la última aventura". Esto hace que el lector se involucre y el puente se convierta en el gran protagonista de esta historia. Pero varios acontecimientos hacen que sus vidas den un giro inesperado de ciento ochenta grados y cambien por completo; ...

It's a familiar New York story: Joyce and Marshall Harriman's divorce battle escalates from a skirmish to a full-fledged territorial conflict, as both sue for custody of their coveted Brooklyn Heights co-op, and consequently they must both continue to inhabit italong with their two small children, "their divorce's civilian casualties." Minor acts of domestic terrorism have become an unavoidable part of their daily lives, so when September 11 happens, neither is immediately very jarred. In fact, each thinks the other dead, and celebrates. Far from putting things into perspective, the tragedy...

La maravillosa historia de un hombre y un pequeño animal. Un encuentro extraordinario que los transformaría para siempre.

50 extremely short (the longest is three pages) and dark tales. Astonishing transformations and unexpected twists take place: an angel, ill with acrophobia, cannot use his wings and must turn to other forms of transportation; a chess match between a mediocre worker and a tyrant boss changes into a medieval duel; a scientist decimates all the birds in the world while trying to record everything he can about these creatures' behavior. Some of Rubiano Vargas' tales are grouped by themes: five concern the art of writing. In "Sufrimiento" ("Suffering"), for instance, the Muse really exists and is...