Various. "El día que regresamos"

El día que regresamos - Reportes Futuros Después de la Pandemia by Various

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book was written and published in the very first months of COVID-19 in 2020. It includes very short fiction (up to 700 words each, approximately) by women writers from Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Spain. Of these 20, at least 9 deserve 5 stars (excellent) or very good (4 stars). Among the 5-star excellent stories: Aprendiendo a no estar sola" (B. Pérez), "After all" (T. Tynjälä), "Cuando ella despertó" (S. Canal), "Quebrantacerebros" (M. Larralde), "Rutina interrumpida" (E. Soza), "Al final del arcoíris (A. Alarco de Zadra), "Polvillo azul" (T. Huerta) y "Ocurrió un lunes" (A. Amosson). Among the very good ones (4 stars): "Sin gusto, sin olfato" (L.T. Calle). In the short extension of each story, the authors write about personal and intimate experiences of the global enclosure that resulted from the pandemics. Most of the stories are located in Peru. The 9 stories I mention in this review ought to be read. They provide women's gaze and female psyche of a historical event in our world, and how they imagine the future and its dilemmas.



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