La sal de la tierra

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«Lágrimas», «Aniversario», «Ángel» y «Pisos vacíos» son los cuatro relatos de Rafa Russo que recoge este libro y que están conectados por una atmósfera de serena tristeza. Aviso de lectura Sugerir tiene buena prensa. La literatura, se dice, debe proponer preguntas pero no facilitar respuestas pues eso suena feo, a dogmático, rígido. Y si la cosa va de cuentos, el tópico retórico se refuerza: mejor finales abiertos, que el lector complete el relato, que las interpretaciones sean múltiples. A mí eso de que los lectores sean los que terminen el relato propuesto no me...

Distorsiones de David Roas es una summa de la literatura fantástica y un cruce entre la Frikipædia y el Necronomicón. Ni Woody Allen y Groucho Marx escribiendo juntos para Twilight Zone habrían urdido una historia mejor que Das Kapital o Locus Amoenus. Los cuentos de David Roas son una suerte de pienso de astronauta: minúsculas croquetas literarias de arroz con Poe y fibra borgeana, que mantienen el pelo Wilde y resultan ideales para hacer Kafka en el espacio. Fernando Iwasaki

Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood. She starts many investigations, but never finishes any because she hands her cases over to the detectives who work the day shift. Once a rising star in the police department, she received this assignment after accusing a superior of sexual harassment. One evening, she is given two cases she doesn't want to let go of: a brutal beating of a prostitute who is left for dead and the murder of a waiter during a shootout at a night club. Against orders and the her partner's wishes, she continues to investigate after her shift ends. As she delves...