A veces, la vida se convierte en un escenario y entonces actuamos para nuestros jefes, para nuestra familia, para los amigos, incluso para nosotros mismos, mientras representamos un papel que hemos ensayado

I have been making my way through Dostoevsky's work, and I have already spoken about The Brothers Karamazov, with its whirlwind of faith, doubt and parricide, about Crime and Punishment, where Raskolnikov

Ayer, en la consulta, una paciente me miró con los ojos llenos de lágrimas y me dijo: "Doctora, me esfuerzo tanto por ser la esposa perfecta, la madre presente, la profesional exitosa... pero siento

There is a part of me that has always been a little shy and it is not a secret. It is that small voice that prefers to listen before speaking and I am the one who stays a second too long thinking about

A few months ago, while browsing through a pile of old books, I found a volume I had been looking for for a long time: the edition that collects all of Fyodor Dostoevsky's short stories. I do not know

I tell you, with all my heart, that there are plants that take a piece of you with them when they go, and there are also people who give you that piece back with a gesture that seems small but is enormous.

Hoy ha sido un día bueno. He llegado a casa, me he dejado caer en el sillón y he hecho el inventario mental de la jornada: todos mis pacientes han acudido a sus citas y no solo eso, sino que he visto en

You will have noticed that this is my third Dostoevsky work in a row, and I tell you that if Crime and Punishment was an axe driven into conscience, and The Brothers Karamazov a universal judgment on the

Some time ago, attending literary events on weekends was as natural to me as breathing. Gatherings, poetry readings, troubadour performances were for my soul a nourishment of verses and chords, like drinking

Hay un sonajero bello en la casa de mi hermana. Muchos angelitos girando incansablemente. A los ángeles se les exige ser bellos y puros y justamente por eso he necesitado hacer catarsis y hacer el post

I should mention that I had this book pending for years, feeling that accusing stare from my bookshelf every time I watched a film adaptation and was left with the sense that I had cheated. Then, of course,

Ayer la tarde se nubló, como ha sido costumbre en estos días de agosto. Cayeron chubascos, de esos que parecen querer lavar el alma de la ciudad, y yo, como tantas otras tardes, me dispuse a esperar que

I confess that I have been smiling like a fool for days every time I poke my head into my garden. It is not to water, not to prune, not even to catch the morning sun. It is to look at her, my new neighbor.

I remember the first time I tried to read The Brothers Karamazov. I was nineteen, full of the arrogance of a newcomer to the literary world, and possessed by the absurd certainty that I could devour any

Today I was that person who wakes up with a plan and ends up with hands full of soil, messy hair, and a happiness too big to fit in her chest. My morning started with a coffee and a fixed gaze on my two

Hace apenas unos días, me llegó la feliz noticia de que había ganado el Premio Nacional de Décima Francisco Riverón. El cuaderno que en esta ocasión se me premió reúne una gran cantidad de poemas en décimas,

I finished The Memory Where It Burned three nights ago and I still can't shake it off. It's not a light book, nor is it one of those that hooks you with plot twists or cheap mysteries. It's as if Miguel

I don't know if it was its bright yellow color or its round, perfect shape, but that pumpkin looked at me from the market stall and I couldn't resist. It wasn't just for eating. I got home, cut it carefully,

A las seis de la mañana, el cielo aún no se decidía entre el gris y el azul, e iba camino al hospital con la maleta de la consulta en una mano cuando el teléfono vibró con un número que no tenía guardado.

There are definitely books you search for with the same obsession with which Bolaño searched for his lost poets. I had been waiting for months for Navona publishing house to release it, and now that I