Bolaño en sus cuentos

Un gran peligro se cierne sobre el Reino de la Fantasía... Vermelia, la Reina de las Reinas de las Brujas y custodia del Gran Rubí de Fuego, quiere apoderarse de otra poderosísima piedra, el Zafiro Celeste... Si lo consigue, el Reino entero caerá en sus manos. ¡Así empieza otra fantástica aventura para Geronimo! Incluye nuevos olores mágicos.

He's proven it and proves it again in this hilarious, fast-paced story animated by her proverbial grace and his wit. Marco Denevi and some mysterious alter ego narrate a vast chronicle in an unusual way: offering the details of that kind of saga shredded in the articles of an encyclopedia. Articles that the reader can put together in diverse narrative systems, advancing successively, or alternating their advance in jumps, crosses, combinations... Thus, they will compose the story of an Argentine family that begins with the arrival in these lands of a Manuel the Adelantadito, conqueror of the...

Martin is an expert at losing things, but his mom and grandmother were used to it and took it with patience and a sense of humor. "You'll have to sew your things onto your hands," they told him. Martin didn't let it worry him so much until the day he lost his most beloved possession: the family photo album. He's determined to find it at any cost--but where do lost treasures go? Martin embarks on a fantastic journey to the land of lost things, where he meets great friends, terrible monsters, and an unforgettable adventure. But will he find his album?

El autor nos ofrece de manera ágil, amena, y sin embargo completa, este recorrido por cien años de literatura costarricense. Brevedad solo indica aquí conocimiento pleno de la materia y claridad en la búsqueda de lo esencial. En esta obra corta, el autor presenta a manera de ensayo, no un catálogo o listado de autores y textos costarricenses, sino un análisis historiográfico de la literatura de este país, contextualizado con datos y apreciaciones del entorno político, social y cultural de las distintas épocas.