El lado salvaje

El lado salvaje by Mónica Lavín, published by Tusquets Editores in 2024, is a collection of 23 short stories presented in Spanish, spanning 227 pages. This book immerses readers in a world where the unexpected intertwines with the everyday, revealing how the calm of daily life can conceal underlying threats. Each story delves into the complexities of human behavior, showcasing characters who navigate their vulnerabilities and the shadows of their own biases.
Readers will encounter a variety of narratives, including a writer whose routine is disrupted by an enigmatic visitor, a streetcar breakdown that exposes passengers to danger, and a couple whose lives are altered by a routine operation. The collection also features a chilling discovery of a charred body and the poignant experiences of a doll witnessing a family’s tribulations across generations. Through these tales, El lado salvaje explores themes of psychological tension and suspense, inviting reflection on the precariousness of existence.
Official synopsis Publisher
El lado salvaje nos sumerge en un mundo donde lo inesperado se entrelaza con lo cotidiano, donde la aparente calma de la vida diaria oculta amenazas y donde cada historia revela una faceta nueva de la complejidad humana.
Una escritora que ve perturbada su rutina por un enigmático hombre que visita el manglar donde ella acostumbra pasear; la descompostura de un tranvía que deja a sus pasajeros expuestos en una zona insegura de San Diego; una operación de rutina que trastoca la vida de una pareja; el inesperado descubrimiento de un cuerpo calcinado al interior de un coche; una muñeca que es testigo de las tribulaciones de una familia a lo largo de distintas generaciones o el vínculo premonitorio que existe entre una madre
y su hija son parte de las veintitrés historias que integran este libro. En ellas se explora la conducta de personajes que viven con una constante sensación de peligro, acechados por la vulnerabilidad de su condición o por los fantasmas de sus propios prejuicios.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The Wild Side immerses us in a world where the unexpected is intertwined with the everyday, where the apparent calm of daily life hides threats, and where each story reveals a new facet of human complexity.
A writer whose routine is disturbed by an enigmatic man who visits the mangrove swamp where she usually walks; the breakdown of a streetcar that leaves its passengers exposed in an unsafe area of San Diego; a routine operation that disrupts a couple’s life; the unexpected discovery of a charred body inside a car; A doll that witnesses the tribulations of a family over different generations or the foreboding bond that exists between a mother and her daughter are part of the twenty-three stories that make up this book. They explore the behavior of characters who live with a constant sense of danger, haunted by the vulnerability of their condition or by the ghosts of their own prejudices.
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