Posts Tagged ‘1998’
Elsa metálico
Elsa metálico inaugurates my “Theatre of Silence,” an anti-theatrical aesthetic bet for which I chose the Asturian language. Two characters who have nothing to say to each other engage in a dialogue full of silences; in them, it seems that I am only looking for the audience’s despair, but that is not the case. I…
Read MoreCuentos de adolescencia
This book is the translation of a possible translation, although there is nothing clear about it. One of the first mentors of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) was Constantí Llombart (1848-1893), and thanks to his help, the great genius of our literature wrote three short stories in Valencian, and published them. It is not known exactly…
Read MoreIn hoc signo vinces
One of my cursed books. I will never reveal who is the author of the homonymous work whose title inspired me… a contrario. They are aphorisms written from a pagan and pan-European nationalist conscience, with a very radical tone. In certain political sectors, it received good reviews. It was translated into Estonian, German, French, and…
Read MoreBel diya
Bel diya [Algún día] contains some of my most beloved poems. It was runner-up in the VIII “Ana Abarca de Bolea” Prize. Wherever I open it, I find verses that I like, from the hammering of the opening poem to the conciseness of the last one, “Biblioteca” [“Library”]. The section “Bayía de San Francisco” [“San…
Read MoreAlma
Alma is still one of my favorite books. It is a short novel set in a post-apocalyptic urban landscape that tells a story of obsessive love between the character that gives its name to the work and Atom, an alter ego of mine. I remember writing this text at night, locked in my room after…
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