Kapital Z (madriZ Integral)

Je sais que cette relation n’a aucun avenir. J’aurai seulement le cœur brisé. Bosco Roth est peut-être l’homme dont je suis tombée amoureuse, mais il ne sera jamais celui que j’épouserai. Il est trop dangereux. C’est trop risqué. Quand nos trois mois seront écoulés, je partirai. Du moins, c’est ce que je me répète...

Mónica y Ramón se conocen por azar, en un local nocturno, en el que ninguno de los dos pinta gran cosa. A veces, las historias comienzan así. Mónica y Ramón no han tenido mucha suerte en la vida, ni les quedan demasiadas esperanzas de tenerla alguna vez. Mónica es una periodista al borde de los treinta que subsiste con un subempleo que detesta. Ramón, mediados los cuarenta, se obstina en ser un misterio: no desvela a qué se dedica. Podrían no haberse vuelto a ver nunca, pero una semana después se reencuentran y la cosa ya no tiene remedio: la música que se les negaba empieza a...

Lois, a young girl, is anxious to meet her lover but makes an unexpected stop at her brother Keith's house, who is studying to become a Catholic priest. After not seeing him for many years, the encounter opens Lois’ mind to things that she has not thought about before. When she tells Keith she isn't a devout Catholic anymore, Lois participates in a benediction in the chapel given by her brother. She experiences emotions she hasn't felt before and collapses into his arms. With themes of sibling relationships, family, and Catholicism, 'Benediction' offers insight into theology, inner life,...

50 extremely short (the longest is three pages) and dark tales. Astonishing transformations and unexpected twists take place: an angel, ill with acrophobia, cannot use his wings and must turn to other forms of transportation; a chess match between a mediocre worker and a tyrant boss changes into a medieval duel; a scientist decimates all the birds in the world while trying to record everything he can about these creatures' behavior. Some of Rubiano Vargas' tales are grouped by themes: five concern the art of writing. In "Sufrimiento" ("Suffering"), for instance, the Muse really exists and is...