Paper Jewels: Julio Camba, the Man Who Turned Humor into Literature

Between lucidity and irony, “Millones al horno” (“Millions in the Oven”) reveals the talent of a journalist who turned the newspaper column into a literary gem. His writing—light, precise, and sharp—transforms the everyday into an x-ray of the modern soul.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – Without solemnity, without dogmas, and with simplicity, clarity, wit, elegance, lucidity, critical insight,…

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Paper Jewels. Snow, by Maxence Fermine – A Short Novel Turned into a Beautiful Haiku

A poetic journey between snow and silence: Maxence Fermine’s debut novel as an unforgettable haiku.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – “The true poet possesses the art of tightrope walking. Writing means advancing word by word along a thread of beauty, along the thread of a poem, of a work, of a story stamped on silk paper.” These words,…

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Paper Jewels: Ice, by Anna Kavan — the Frozen Dystopia That Burns Within

A must-read rediscovered by Dioni Arroyo: an apocalyptic, poetic, and unsettling novel where ice becomes a metaphor for addiction, control, and escape.   By Dioni Arroyo HoyLunes – For a writer like me, it is always a pleasure to talk about the great novels that have left a mark on me, that have shaped my life’s path, and about which…

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