Manuela Sáenz, la insepulta de Paita

The lightener is heavy inside the pocket. It demands to be used. The flames overwhelm Diego's mind like a need that can't be controlled. A hunger that ends when a fire starts. There is nothing more beautiful than those orange flames consuming everything in its path. After his last public burning, an old high-school classmate makes him an offer: join the arsonist gang. But meeting a group of avenging monks and a fire chief obsessed with solving the mystery wasn't a part of the plan. Now the danger is creeping up on Diego and only treason can set him free. Rites of passage, clandestine...

Al igual que en el cine, Alberto Fuguet, consigue armar un montaje coral donde convergen ocho relatos que retratan el universo privado de chilenos desenfocados y dispersos, que luchan por no ser extras en sus propias vidas.

Ella no puede parar de escribir hasta que encuentre al asesino. El no puede dejar de leer porque el asesino es él.

This book offers a collection of 24 Hispanic short stories by both male and female authors. Containing an introduction to the Short Story in both English and Spanish, this collection includes a variety of selections that were chosen for their content, style, and cultural contexts. All selections in this anthology, written by authors from Spain, Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Colombia, and the United States, demonstrate the common themes of social hierarchy, the power of the imagination, human psychology, gender...