Siete Cuentos Imposibles / Seven Impossible Stories - Paperback
by Javier Arguello (Author)
«Javier Argüello es, sin duda, uno de los escritores actuales más interesantes en nuestra lengua . -Zenda
En este deslumbrante libro, Javier Argüello reúne siete cuentos de estirpe fantástica, deudores y renovadores de la tradición fundada por Gógol, Poe, Maupassant o Borges. Dueño de un estilo sutil y eficaz, Argüello nos cuenta historias inquietantes y turbadoras, a veces espeluznantes, hechas con la materia que se extiende tras el fi lo de la realidad.
This stunning volume includes seven fantastic stories that both recall and reinvent a genre founded by Gogol, Poe, Maupassant and Borges. In his subtle but efficient style, Argüello crafts unsettling, sometimes terrifying tales that test our notion of reality. Each of the seven pieces captivates the reader with the rhythm of its prose and compelling characters and storylines. These include the dilemma of a man who thinks he is writing a story but is in fact a character in someone else's, trapping him in a web of fiction. We are kept in suspense by the incredible story of a worker hired by an astronomy professor to build an underground house, because something horrible is about to happen to Earth. We hear the voice of a person trapped inside an electrical socket, who describes the odyssey that led him there. A young man traveling around Europe meets a nineteenth-century author who made a pact with the Devil, allowing him to travel forward in time to see if his works have made an impression on literature. In short, this book is a small treasure about the nature and texture of time.
Author Biography
Javier Argüello (1972) es escritor argentino, nacido en Chile y radicado en Barcelona. Es autor de Siete cuentos imposibles (Lumen, 2002; Random House, 2024), El mar de todos los muertos (Lumen, 2008), La música del mundo (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2011), A propósito de Majorana (Random House, 2015), Ser rojo (Random House, 2020), Cuatro cuentos cuánticos (Random House, 2024) y Los límites de la ciencia. Una visita al acelerador de partículas más grande del mundo (En Debate, 2024).