“I Know What I Know” by Kathryn Scanlan. Fjord, 168 pages. $7,000.
When a story is well told It is impossible to abandon it, even if the subject is foreign to us. This is what happens with “I know what I know” by the North American Kathryn Scanlan, a stranger among us. The independent label Fjordo, which published it in Spanish, usually makes these bets on new foreign authors, with excellent results. In this case, the protagonist is Sonia, a horse breeder, passionate about them since childhood, who dedicates her life to preparing them for races. Sonia is a real character and Scanlan’s talent is to transform her testimony into a very interesting story about an unknown art. The short texts take us into the details of a male profession, in which this coach learns to survive, by dint of vocation. As the magnificent Lydia Davis said about the book: “You can’t stop reading.”
“Berlin” by Sinclair McKey. Taurus, 502 pages. $14,999.
“Berlin is a naked city. He openly displays his wounds and scars. “He wants them to be seen”, thus begins this volume dedicated entirely to the capital of Germany, the city that condenses in its streets the essence of the history of the 20th century. Sinclair McKay is a British historian and journalist who had already written about another key German city in the Second War: Dresden. “Berlin”, subtitled “Rise and fall of a city in the center of the world”, covers the political changes, the characters and the wars that took place in the metropolis. And the most interesting thing is that it is built through the testimony of Berliners, victims that no one wanted to listen to or care for, according to the author.
As in a palimpsest, Nazism and communism are imprinted on top of each other in the architecture, monuments and ruins of the capital. “Every city has a story, but Berlin has too much,” said architect David Chipperfield. McKay spends 500 pages trying to unfold it.
“Because too much is not enough” by Mariana Enríquez. Pig Rider, 220 pages. $8,900.
Those who know Mariana Enríquez for her novels and story books You will find in “Because too much is not enough” a very different voice from this writer, one of the most talented in Argentina. Precisely, the style of the texts gathered in the volume demonstrate its ductility. Standing in the role of rock journalist (her original profession) she narrates, song by song, her love story with British band Suede. And, at the same time, the life of a time (the ’90s and 2000s), the biography of his idols, the climate of the editorial office and one of the best descriptions made to date of what it means to be a “fan.” The band’s albums accompanied the writing of each Enríquez book, the way only music can. A must-read for fans of the author. And for the others, too.
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Source: Yenny and El Ateneo Bookstores.
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