closer

"By sliding with us, the light coming from the torch''s flame sparked a faint reflection from the smooth darkness of the lake, a polished light. The silence continued and we approached the center where the deep depths of the lake were. This emanating light began to become more and more apparent as the face of an angel, no matter how vague it seemed to those on the ground." The boat appeared, but it spread a blanket of light over the shallow marshes of the lake, and thus we were spared the evil of the stubborn and terrible leviathans that broke free from their captivity and thrust towards us the possibility that the shadows contained, the possibility of being swallowed up. "This novel by Mario Ángel Quintero is an amazing novel. It is writing steeped in an atmosphere of magic, which creates a parallel world of wonder and deep meaning. It is also a type of storytelling that is pure poetry in the truest sense of the word, relying on captivating interruptions in the narrative, and on soaring above the linear logic of the reality of daily life. The combination of multiple echoes of sound, which, in greatly enhancing its musical impact, certainly makes it difficult to translate." Alexander Churbanov