Ciudad fantasma
| Title | Ciudad fantasma |
|---|---|
| Author | Esquinca, Bernardo; Quirarte, Vicente |
| Publisher | Almadía Ediciones, S. A. P. I. de C. V. |
| Imprint | Almadia |
| ISBN | 9786078667390 |
| Edition number | 1 |
| Publication year | 2020 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Format | Printed |
| THEMA | Fiction and Related items |
| Synopsis | Like most Mexicans, we grew up listening to ghost stories. Whether it was our grandmothers, aunts or older siblings, their conversations and anecdotes recreated a nearby world, as mysterious as it was intangible. In our formative years, literature deepened this sentimental education, because ghosts teach us that the hardest thing is to learn to let go, to let go of the things we have lost. Mexico cannot be explained without its relationship with the supernatural. If the first thing the Conquistadors heard when they set foot on these lands were tales of terror, without a doubt the last thing that will be heard before the final cataclysm, in the empty and relieved streets, will be the chorus of souls. Ghost Town is a love letter to Mexico City. To all its vicissitudes, enigmas and legends, because a city is made up of its revelations, but also by the secrets it holds. It matters little whether this set of "events" is true or false: if they feed the imagination, then they are more vital than History itself. At the end of the day, when we turn off the light and go to sleep, the facts are not as necessary as our ability to dream. We are convinced, like the authors mentioned in these pages, that ghosts - and all creatures of the night - make this world a more habitable place. Without them, reality would be too simple, too obvious. They are mirror and shadow. They show without showing themselves. They teach with wisdom: Ghosts tell us where we come from, and where we are going. Bernardo Esquinca and Vicente Quirarte. |
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