Viaje sin fin
En 1959, cuando vi a Felix Delatour por primera vez, en la puerta de una pequeña casa en el centro de Manaus, no sabía que aquel encuentro sería para mí…
Literature /literatura
Fiction /ficción
El Enigma de Qaf
EL PRIMER ÁRABE La primera vez que la palabra árabe fue escrita —o más propiamente, inscrita— para designar a un nómada montado en un camello, fue en el 853 antes…
Do It Yourself
Translated by Tanya Huntington-Hyde Goddamn crab! Once its bluish, armored body had emerged from the marshy waters, it glared at me with its buggy, jet black eyes and in a…
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Mrs. Murakami´s Garden
Mrs. Murakami Izu’s garden would be dismantled over the next few days: the large white and black stones that had bordered the garden were to be removed. The water pathways…
Elizabeth
In the twenty-eighth week of his third life, Raúl Crisantez remembers that at one time he was the prettiest man he knew. Guapisimo, una negra hermosa with sea-colored eyes once…
Huellas
A Diego, quien me dio la idea Está lejos de la parte más concurrida de la playa y, como de costumbre, mientras camina, mira las huellas de los bañistas en…
The Garden of Fire
It smells of smoke and its pleasure has no bounds, as if it were the perfume of a rare flower, new to his garden, obtained with infinite patience. Many years…
The Whitest Death
His father was also a handsome man, with bronze skin and eyes like emerald islands. He had hurt his ankle in the field, and my lover, his son, had to…
Plaza de las alegrías
A Pita y Estela Iba de prisa y sus senos, mallugados por tantas manos anónimas, ahora oscilaban de arriba abajo golpeando su pecho. La casa donde trabajaba no estaba tan…
What Happened to Thelma
Thelma did not have one single vice, Gilda insisted. Not one. Thelma did not smoke, she did not chew her nails, she did not gossip, and no doubt she’d only…
It all Started with an S
This is why I didn’t bring her back. The air in the room was tepid like a glass of red wine. I started to soak in her breath. Before we…
