La Ternura Caníbal / Cannibal Tenderness

Los protagonistas de estos cuentos s鏊o encuentran satisfacci鏮 cuando se imponen a los dem嫳 o cuando conquistan un reducto de supremac燰 a costa de sus amantes, de sus amigos, o de su propia cordura. La mordaz iron燰 con que Enrique Serna escudri鎙 los tumores del alma nos muestra las secretas intenciones que todos tratamos de ocultar en nuestra guerra fr燰 con el pr鎩imo: la lucha por el poder en las relaciones de pareja, la fuga hacia delante del rencor solitario, la imposibilidad de conciliar el individualismo hedonista con la entrega amorosa, los crueles espejismos de la vanagloria, las peque鎙s y grandes traiciones que socavan la vida conyugal hasta convertirla en un campo minado.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"The Cannibal Tenderness is an excellent short story collection marked by a finely achieved sarcastic subtlety; the narrative gaze is extremely precise, and the voice is intense and raw, without concessions." --Jos?Mar燰 Merino

The protagonists of these stories only find satisfaction when they impose themselves on others or when they carve out a small domain of supremacy at the expense of their lovers, their friends, or their own sanity. With biting irony, Enrique Serna scrutinizes the tumors of the soul, revealing the secret intentions we all try to hide in our cold war with others: the struggle for power in romantic relationships, the forward escape of solitary resentment, the impossibility of reconciling hedonistic individualism with loving surrender, the cruel mirages of vanity, and the small and large betrayals that undermine married life until it becomes a minefield.