English language
Published March 2, 2022 by Granta Books.
Quizás lo más flojo que he leído de Enriquez hasta la fecha. Mis relatos favoritos de la colección han sido "El aljibe", "El desentierro de la angelita" y "Cuando hablábamos con los muertos".
In this collection of short stories, firmly rooted in a tradition of lucid supernaturalism mixed with a bout of the surreal, some of the stories are little gems, hitting their mark with a sober accuracy that feels fresh and true.
However, not all of them. The opening story, for example, succeeds in setting a macabre scenery that succeeds in feeling immersive (and very creepy), but then… just goes nowhere. Neither Borgès, Marquez, Murakami nor Conrad would have abided that - well, in any case, that does not work for me.
That first story sets a tone, a mood, a frame of expectations that for me took a few jolts to shake off as I read in, and in the end there turned out to be a lot to be enjoyed in this book.
Perhaps my perception of this tome would have benefited from reading the first story last.
