Confusiones en París

Federico is an intolerable boy. He spits. He breaks his and other people's toys. He even chews gum and puts it in the hair of first person he sees. One day, this boy experiences something that will change him forever.

La ambientación urbana es predominante en la antología. Los personajes, igualmente urbanos y modernos en general, suelen verse arrastrados por las turbulencias de una acción exterior que violenta su vida como es casi preceptivo en el relato breve. La fábula, situación o alegoría que se desea revelar al lector tiene en el desenlace uno de sus mejores instrumentos. A la luz del final se interpreta o se reinterpreta todo el cuento.

Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home. In Spanish.

Does good luck exist? Or is it all a matter of probability? Isabel and Nicols are neighbors and they sometimes walk to school together. One morning, Isabel wears her grandmother's bracelet which, according to her, brings good luck. The precious object gets lost, and then begins a tour around the most diverse and endearing people in the neighborhood. Everyone's lives change as they have their "stroke of luck." The dynamic prose, the abundant dialogue, and the descriptions of the characters round out a novel that, with its multiple storylines, captures readers with its plot.