El libro salvaje

“Yo soy Fontanarrosa”, le dice a su viejo conocido, al terminar de jugar uno de los peores partidos de su vida. Sus compañeros de equipo son Chéjov, Tolstói, Kafka, Hemingway, Joyce y seis más, a todos los ha decepcionado. Es casi el final de un insólito día entre policías, escritores, futbolistas y la cabeza de Juárez. Este entrañable cuento de Villoro, a manera de crónica urbana, es un regalo de humor, pasión literaria y pasión futbolera

Computers, cell phones, I Pads -- isn’t that what living in this world today is all about? We stay connected to a world that changes every day, and almost every minute. What if we did not have those ways of communications, and had to use books instead? That is what came to mind as I thought of a scenario of a young girl having a dream in which all those ways of technology did not exist, and realizing what it would be like without her “Books on the Shelf.”

The three gibbons play together. They are named Ibon, Nibon, and Sabon. Their faces are round and thanks to their long arms they can perform any acrobatics. We follow them when they come down the hill when they escape the crocodile, and we watch as they eat and sing on the way home. Share with them the pleasure of simple discoveries.

Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.

Mike Wilson nos conduce con mano maestra por parajes desolados, entre la droga y los terrores nocturnos, crea personajes memorables como Frosty y nos sugiere que acaso no haya nada peor que seguir viviendo después del fin.