Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego — (short stories) (???/10)
I have read the first 2 short stories. Really enjoying it so far. The stories are all dark and gritty in theme, but not gruesome. They present hard situations without a clear or defned answer and make you think—not necessarily about anything in particular, but to consider where your values lie.
Have been pleasantly surprised with how accessible the prose is. Normally I find that I need a bit of a period of time to acclimate to an author, but this has been a super easy read from the get go.
1. El chico sucio
A young woman who is apparently wealthy becomes concerned about the young homeless boy who lives in front of her house. She lets him inside one day when it rains, which upsets the boy’s mother to an exteme degree.
The author creates a wonderfully tense/unnerving atmosphere that is maintained through the story but not really resolved.
(Brief summary since I read this several months ago…)
La hostería
Florencia’s mother takes her and her sister Loli to the family’s holiday home to get Loli, a drunk partier who causes problems, out of dodge. While there Florencia reconnects with an old friend whose father has recently lost his job at a hotel for seemingly no good reason. Florencia is roped into a plan to get revenge on the hotel—which, according to Florencia’s friend, is haunted.
SImilar vibes as the first story—wonderful atmosphere, but just kind of ended, rather than being resolved.
Los años intoxicados (to read next)
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