A university professor sees a painting in a museum in which a person very similar to his father is drawn, and he feels deeply that the resemblance does not stop at the symmetry of the two faces alone. A frightening intuition awakens within him, and he tries to meet a relative of the descendants of the man in the painting.
The novel's hero enters the maze of dream and wakefulness, and the maze of memory with its ramifications, evoking stories in which the real is mixed with the imaginary, and little by little we find that we are faced with several narratives, each one of which brings us into a new loss, until we ourselves become walking on the border between dream and wakefulness.
In “The Dark Bank,” José María Merino writes about the other or the companion, and about the past and memory, in a wonderful labyrinthine structure, within a vast time that lies on the margins of hours and pulses, and offers us pure pleasure that stimulates our imagination and senses.
... لم يسبق لأي شخص أن وصل إلى طموحه. يمكن للقارئ العارض الذي يوشك أن يشرع في رحلة عبر هذا الكتاب أن يفعل ما هو أسوأ بكثير من أن يتعرف على الملاحظات القص
كتاب تصرفي كسيدة وفكري كرجل، للكاتب العالمي العظيم ستيف هارفي، يحمل عنوان الكتاب في طياته معاني كثيرة، ومن أكثر المعاني التي تصل إلى عقول القراء أن المرأة ...
Another postman from Scarmita, but this time he was found in Nicaragua; To be a witness to the last weeks that paved the way for the fall of “Somutha,” the last dictator of Nicaragua. In those decisive moments, the residents of the city of Leon are divided between a majority supportive of the rebels led by Augusto Cesar Sandino, and a minority loyal to the regime and its soldiers. Among them, Scarmita creates a special magical world. The postman decides Letters carrying news of death are better not to arrive, and the oldest woman in the city pretends to be an old widow. To cover up her political activity, the beautiful Vicki shouts in the face of the military, and with them we see the priest, the barber, and others, inventing their own “Trojan horse” to make the rebellion successful and take control of the city.
Through a text that has multiple rhythms and narrative styles, and is full of metaphors, Scarmetta shows how a single event can differ in its impact and meaning depending on the angle from which it is viewed. For some, loss and defeat become a victory and an unforgettable moment for others.
In this work, Scarmeta carries the concerns of Nicaragua; Because for him, the struggle against dictatorships is the same regardless of place.
