El niño que quería ser un goonie

Guillermo Rosales was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1946. From a very young age. He was disillusioned with the communist regime in his country which made it impossible for him to publish his volumes of writings, of which he was able to save El juego de la viola. In 1978 he went into exile and settled in Miami, where we wrote Boarding Home, winner of the 1986 Letras de Oro award, and one of the most outstanding novels in recent Cuban history. Suffering from an incurable mental ailment, as well as ghosts from his hostile past and a persistent sense of failure, Guillermo Rosales ended his life on...

In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, the curl of the grass. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three children. Riva can cure others, but can't seem to heal her own deep scars. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is--the king's son. And Sinne dreams of seeing the world, of finding adventure. All three fear a life of confinement within the walls of the hold, their people's last bastion of strength against the invading Saxons. However, change comes on...

El estilo despojado y la sencillez de la prosa no hacen más que subrayar la complejidad de este relato que, desde su publicación en1915 ha sido objeto de las interpretaciones más variadas. «Una mañana, tras un sueño intranquilo, Gregorio Samsa se despertó convertido en un monstruoso insecto.» ¿Puede haber algo peor? Así comienza la célebre novela de Franz Kafka y a esa primera frase, que despierta los temores del lector, le sigue un mundo de pesadilla («kafkiano») por excelencia, donde lo siniestro irrumpe sin previo aviso en lo cotidiano y todo se vuelve incierto y opresivo....

Relato corto de Emilia Pardo Bazán, que además de escritora tuvo una importante actividad política como consejera de Instrucción Pública y como activista feminista. Una de las autoras españolas más prolíficas, en digital de la mano de Linkgua narrativa.