{"id":1964,"date":"2023-03-20T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josepcarleslainez.com\/sin-categorizar\/alma\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:29:07","slug":"alma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josepcarleslainez.com\/en\/literature\/narrative\/alma\/","title":{"rendered":"Alma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Alma<\/em> 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 <em>alter ego<\/em> of mine. 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