"Las once historias que integran Guía de pasos perdidos indagan sin complacencia en las múltiples formas de aislamiento que determinan nuestros encuentros sociales. Ya sea de forma impuesta o voluntaria, en acontecimientos cotidianos o hechos en apariencia minúsculos, la soledad encarna sin remedio en el ánimo de sus protagonistas, seres extraviados que, «entre la orgía y la ascesis», han aprendido a sobrevivir al naufragio de sus querencias y anhelos. En su primera colección de cuentos, con genuino lirismo y un singular estilo emancipado del canon imperante, Vela reclama el vértigo de la literatura para tomar el pulso de la emoción humana y situarnos ante el espejo de nuestras vidas sin que podamos apartar la mirada"--Página 4 de portada. "The eleven stories that make up Guide to Lost Steps investigate without complacency the multiple forms of isolation that determine our social encounters. Whether imposed or voluntary, in everyday events or seemingly tiny events, loneliness irremediably embodies in the spirit of its protagonists, lost beings who, "between orgy and asceticism", have learned to survive the shipwreck of their wishes and desires.In his first collection of stories, with genuine lyricism and a unique style emancipated from the prevailing canon, Vela claims the vertigo of literature to take the pulse of human emotion and place ourselves before the mirror of our lives without being able to look away"--Page 4 of cover.
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