![](https://images.ecency.com/DQma9txqnppeBLMNC6XnpU5nFRLVthPnDkEzaihpn2Wm6ys/texto_38_.jpg) Hello friends! It's been a few days since I last shared with you in this lovely community, which is already celebrating Christmas. Speaking of Christmas and its spirit, this is a time not only for sharing and giving thanks, but also for wonderful stories. We find books about dragons, fairies, elves, Santa Claus, and a whole world of fantasy that allows us to continue being the good, luminous beings we are. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYzPCFsrQXknfqtCmU9cfSKyi3zMFBU7c8FC3nmkFcNR2/img_20251212_142802_419.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdm2nT7gJzQvcdFhpzJGCn91wpRdZaHBgD2iuBPNjfhLH/img_20251212_142811_146.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbn94EiPWzKUMdE7TESX6oUjoKMhdtLSYu99Csf9cHr78/img_20251212_142832_210.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmevfHsM2U1T4PW8WGxDYqupqLNUdG5WoNBtT48kV1iZ1s/img_20251212_142847_834.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmehovy6T9AafHSBXkTNkpgg2Kb46D9NnSHh7qg1hX9zBz/img_20251212_142949_200.jpg) With this in mind, I came across the book ***Angel of Autumn*** by the writer Enrique Pérez Díaz, whose work has been translated into more than fifteen languages in over twenty countries. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmcEXULc8MnyjjZUrevMaAwt8JwZM2bfSEj8k8nhmprSFF/img_20251212_143015_907.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdzeSuaeqgVMuqR5Li2zW4gez2NUTn8J6kNuQybEfs19d/img_20251212_142903_012.jpg) One of the most important elements when approaching this book stems from the author's own perspective. For him, writing for children and young adults requires, "first and foremost, an admirable imagination," as well as being "a voracious reader: because reading gives us tools, allows us to compare and stay current with what other writers are doing, and fosters optimism and creativity. It's about showing children that the impossible is also possible, however difficult or hard it may seem. One must be very rigorous, demanding, and live the story being told—experience it, dream it, and pour one's heart and soul into it." ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmQ4AaxdT8hYFjTsvi8KFcTWRmWkb2pizTYBHpoEoaherx/img_20251212_142910_855.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmV7PzKvisi98p4ZW9qU4NH6uW8rXmaM6UqTWhue15GSWD/img_20251212_142921_503.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVYRbep8X887uHSiN5A22hZ95vqiZRaJ3XYy3tgQkE6GM/img_20251212_142936_838.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmeQ9mdVquzqWWFg8tqDMn2eKxDvgaMftY414YWtQDPDnQ/img_20251212_143026_908.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmW3uWKZD9JpE8BQv8XQ3q6DK2eCnAPTGGrnrTy9T2ViDH/img_20251212_143034_600.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbs3SeVjuRt3azSy5GhPH3fh7ra7NuT5sTTF2Sy4k9Qmf/img_20251212_143053_933.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWAgPx7WznhycaV2SQZF83djhy4FqhHuN6nCAFsdFZvJ6/img_20251212_143112_508.jpg) This writer, recipient of the Ismaelillo Prize, the La Rosa Blanca Prize, the La Edad de Oro Prize, the Abril Prize, and the Abril Special Prize, among many other accolades, is the author of works such as *I Hate School!* and *Where Are You, Paulo?* And Fear in Film, among many other works, brings us in this title a book comprised of six stories written at different times, and in some cases even before the publication of some of the author's best-known books. This gives the book an air of the unpublished, something we have never before encountered in the author's work, allowing us to explore earlier periods in his literary development. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYijpFFxTQuyio4QYNLuZ9rg6ZcW7UUFY53MAchXttSqW/img_20251212_143126_794.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdFe8mChufgL1i39wc3bTCVNfdhFsVr9mqfbkZnuB9KJV/img_20251212_143203_702.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmRP5eyopLUQ2KCTaGimmwEXCcswqwNeiuA2PTJnsGQvt3/img_20251212_143230_978.jpg) What's important is that in this work, with its inherent influence in each of its stories (if we consider the genealogical tree of the author's creative process and compare it to later works), we observe the same underlying concerns, which always surprise us: Among them are: a preoccupation with childhood and how children confront the world from an individual's perspective, in their process of learning and understanding what surrounds them and what they don't yet comprehend. And of course, there's the fantastical element, linked to the entire adventure. This book and its stories are almost a precursor to his more well-known works, a kind of single construction, a single novel comprised of thousands of stories and characters, all connected by how to overcome the problems they face and dream of better worlds. But, in this specific case, themes such as war, abandonment, death, and exodus are some of the recurring motifs. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmfAzqVzfArKbwjcALE3UFAzgMGtEDJNBVXDkDShNsdmhY/img_20251212_143236_117.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmeUWn6e9mRYUqdSPKL2MdtL92jfYtfxfmaBe3efxACfkU/img_20251212_143245_771.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYrYXzMUC2cKK8Hoo6G9yXmi39JkBCa9gXVTHjXRU534p/img_20251212_143253_680.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZa2pcYZwfKQchAykJi3MiNUX1x3yPp55snMTRCv4MBBh/img_20251212_143310_873.jpg) The truth is that each of the stories can function as a novella on its own, offering the possibility of reading no less than six books in one. How interesting, right? ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXqu8jrL4e9orayeoB3UYWT1FhchjgjJhEbY1Z4pjCWPd/img_20251212_143324_360.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmTeVp4s9hJkbT4MoHLjn3tpfc42f6895rqHie3aXUihRc/img_20251212_143353_654.jpg) That and more are part of these stories, and of all the author's stories, and in this case, published by Gente Nueva, it will be one of the books chosen to read as a family on those nights that mark the end of the year in the Christmas spirit. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXMP5ERFBMvo2ajfgAwH2M7djPwMprKo3b9nnRoo5wjWt/texto_11_.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZgEYwbWXsPtnALCquFf8frbap3fDb9s56qGhCcPDj5KD/_al_nhyamar78_1_.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVY4EGuTB3o3vzY8R4UPP3dV29hXJfLBVDNx5eRYcTprx/versi_n_en_espa_ol_2_.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQma9txqnppeBLMNC6XnpU5nFRLVthPnDkEzaihpn2Wm6ys/texto_38_.jpg) Hola amigos¡ Hace varios días no compartía con ustedes en esta bella comunidad que se viste ya de navidad y hablando de navidad y su espíritu, este es un tiempo no solo para compartir y agradecer, es también el tiempo de los cuentos maravillosos y encontramos entonces libros de dragones, hadas, duendes, Papá Noel y todo un mundo de fantasías que nos permite seguir siendo los buenos seres de luz que somos. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYzPCFsrQXknfqtCmU9cfSKyi3zMFBU7c8FC3nmkFcNR2/img_20251212_142802_419.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdm2nT7gJzQvcdFhpzJGCn91wpRdZaHBgD2iuBPNjfhLH/img_20251212_142811_146.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbn94EiPWzKUMdE7TESX6oUjoKMhdtLSYu99Csf9cHr78/img_20251212_142832_210.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmevfHsM2U1T4PW8WGxDYqupqLNUdG5WoNBtT48kV1iZ1s/img_20251212_142847_834.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmehovy6T9AafHSBXkTNkpgg2Kb46D9NnSHh7qg1hX9zBz/img_20251212_142949_200.jpg) Así y con ese espíritu me acerque al libro ***Ángel de otoño*** del escritor Enrique Pérez Díaz cuya obra ha sido traducida en una veintena de países a más de quince idiomas. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmcEXULc8MnyjjZUrevMaAwt8JwZM2bfSEj8k8nhmprSFF/img_20251212_143015_907.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdzeSuaeqgVMuqR5Li2zW4gez2NUTn8J6kNuQybEfs19d/img_20251212_142903_012.jpg) Uno de los elementos más importantes a la hora de acercarse a este libro, está dado por el mismo criterio del autor, pues para él, escribir para niños y jóvenes implica tener “en primer lugar, una admirable imaginación” además de ser un “gran lector: porque leer nos da herramientas, y nos permite comparar, y actualizarnos con respecto a lo que hacen otros escritores, además de ser optimistas y creativos. Demostrar a los niños que lo imposible es también posible por difícil que pueda parecer o cueste creerlo. Se debe ser muy riguroso, exigente y vivir la historia que se cuenta, sufrirla, soñarla y dejar la vida en ella”. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmQ4AaxdT8hYFjTsvi8KFcTWRmWkb2pizTYBHpoEoaherx/img_20251212_142910_855.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmV7PzKvisi98p4ZW9qU4NH6uW8rXmaM6UqTWhue15GSWD/img_20251212_142921_503.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVYRbep8X887uHSiN5A22hZ95vqiZRaJ3XYy3tgQkE6GM/img_20251212_142936_838.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmeQ9mdVquzqWWFg8tqDMn2eKxDvgaMftY414YWtQDPDnQ/img_20251212_143026_908.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmW3uWKZD9JpE8BQv8XQ3q6DK2eCnAPTGGrnrTy9T2ViDH/img_20251212_143034_600.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbs3SeVjuRt3azSy5GhPH3fh7ra7NuT5sTTF2Sy4k9Qmf/img_20251212_143053_933.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWAgPx7WznhycaV2SQZF83djhy4FqhHuN6nCAFsdFZvJ6/img_20251212_143112_508.jpg) Este escritor, merecedor del Premio Ismaelillo, La Rosa Blanca, La Edad de Oro, Premio Abril y Premio Especial Abril, entre otros muchos reconocimientos, y que es autor de textos como ¡Odio la escuela!,¿Dónde estás, Paulo? y Miedo en el cine, entre otros muchos textos, nos trae en este título, un libro conformado por seis historias escritas en diferentes épocas e incluso en algunos casos antes de que se publicaran algunos de los libros más conocidos del autor, por lo que se le da a este libro ese aire de lo inédito que nunca hemos descubierto hasta el momento en la obra de autor lo que nos permitirá conocer períodos anteriores del mismo en su proceso literario. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYijpFFxTQuyio4QYNLuZ9rg6ZcW7UUFY53MAchXttSqW/img_20251212_143126_794.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdFe8mChufgL1i39wc3bTCVNfdhFsVr9mqfbkZnuB9KJV/img_20251212_143203_702.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmRP5eyopLUQ2KCTaGimmwEXCcswqwNeiuA2PTJnsGQvt3/img_20251212_143230_978.jpg) Lo importante es que en esta obra de ascendencia en cada una de sus historias, (si hablamos del árbol genealógico del proceso creativo del autor y su comparación con obras escritas posteriormente) se observa que son latentes las mismas inquietudes, pero que siempre nos sorprenden: Entre ellas están: La preocupación por la infancia y como se enfrenta al mundo desde la perspectiva de individuo en su proceso de conocimiento y entendimiento de lo que le rodea y que no entiende y por supuesto lo fantástico ligado a toda la aventura, por lo que este libro y sus cuentos son casi el antecedente de los libros más conocidos como especie de una sola construcción una sola novela conformada por miles de historias y personajes todos vinculados a como sobreponerse a los problemas que enfrentan y soñar mundos mejores. Pero, en este caso específico, temas como la guerra, el desamparo, la muerte y el éxodo son alguno de los sitios recurrentes. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmfAzqVzfArKbwjcALE3UFAzgMGtEDJNBVXDkDShNsdmhY/img_20251212_143236_117.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmeUWn6e9mRYUqdSPKL2MdtL92jfYtfxfmaBe3efxACfkU/img_20251212_143245_771.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYrYXzMUC2cKK8Hoo6G9yXmi39JkBCa9gXVTHjXRU534p/img_20251212_143253_680.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZa2pcYZwfKQchAykJi3MiNUX1x3yPp55snMTRCv4MBBh/img_20251212_143310_873.jpg) Lo cierto es que cada una de las historias son capaces de funcionar como noveletas por si solas, dando la posibilidad de leer nada más y nada menos que 6 libros en uno. ¿!Qué interesante verdad¡? ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXqu8jrL4e9orayeoB3UYWT1FhchjgjJhEbY1Z4pjCWPd/img_20251212_143324_360.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmTeVp4s9hJkbT4MoHLjn3tpfc42f6895rqHie3aXUihRc/img_20251212_143353_654.jpg) Eso y más son parte de estas historias y de todas las historias del autor y que en este caso publicado por la editorial Gente Nueva, será uno de los libros escogidos para leer en familia en las noches que marcan el fin de año bajo el espíritu navideño. ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmSc7JwGNfhUMw5Wywv3gQkhRwF3jo366vaiZUD2UNGYAt/texto_12_.jpg) ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZgEYwbWXsPtnALCquFf8frbap3fDb9s56qGhCcPDj5KD/_al_nhyamar78_1_.jpg) _{The text is AI-free, Google translated and proofread by me.} _{The cover, language separator, and acknowledgments were created in Canva} _{The photos are my property} _{El texto es libre de IA, traducido en Google y revisado por mí} _{La portada, el separador de idiomas y los agradecimientos fueron creados en Canva} _{Las fotos son de mi propiedad}

Enrique Metinides