My favorite stories from the last two years.

 

As my last post went really entertaining to develop, I will continue with a similar topic; My favorite books/stories from the last 2 years.

I'm not a person that reads a lot of books, except for college, I enjoy more the little stories, poetry (lots of it, and write) and movies. But I do have some recommendations for you to give it a try, and in the best case; read them all.

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One of my favorite writers is Edgar Allan Poe; American writer from the 19th century - romanticism, best known for his tetric, dramatic and lonesome writings. He wrote for the paper in Baltimore (USA), tales and one of the most amazing and beautiful (dark) poetries in history. My tops are: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, Annabel Lee and Lenore.

Fragment from The Tell-Tale Heart:

 

 “Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men --but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed --I raved --I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder --louder --louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! --no, no! They heard! –(…) ”

 

 

In my book recommendation I truly admire a crazy yet real story, and Gabriel García Marquez is the Latin genius of that. The first time I loved a book that was for a school test was his "Of Love and Other Demons", a not so long novel based on a true story he had link to when he was a reporter at the Santa Clara Convent; they found the remains of a girl with the longest blond her and the stories told that she had "miracle powers" related to the demon; Sierva Maria. A heartful reading to go through and a bittersweet majestic development.

Fragment from Of Love and Other Demons":

 

“The surprise lay in the third niche of the high altar, on the side where the Gospels were kept. The stone shattered at the first blow of the pickax, and a stream of living hair the intense color of copper spilled out of the crypt. The foreman, with the help of the laborers, attempted to uncover all the hair, and the more of it they brought out, the longer and more abundant it seemed, until at last the final strands appeared still attached to the skull of a young girl. Nothing else remained in the niche except a few small scattered bones, and on the dressed stone eaten away by saltpeter only a given name with no surnames was legible: SIERVA MARÍA DE TODOS LOS ÁNGELES. Spread out on the floor, the splendid hair measured twenty-two meters, eleven centimeters.”

 

Even though there is a weird dislikement towards the movie (I guess is because it’s so good and so many people liked it from the very beginning), the story of André Aciman "Call Me By Your Name" is one you as an artist, sensitive or warm seeker should 1000% be delighted with. The contemporary novel is told by Elio, a 17 year old boy who lives in Italy for the summer and his parents open their house for a student, Oliver, who's doing final academic works, whom Elio starts falling in love with in a very non dynamic way, but very sensual in every sense of the word. What a poetic writing, heartbreaking in a not so obvious end, it brings you so many more details and a longer development. Currently reading the sequence: Find Me (2019).

Fragment from Call Me by Your Name:

 

 “It never occurred to me that if one word from him could make me so happy, another could just as easily crush me, that if I didn't want to be unhappy, I should learn to beware of such small joys as well. But on that same night I used the heady elation of the moment to speak to Marzia. We danced past midnight, then I walked her back by way of the shore. Then we stopped. I said I was tempted to take a quick swim, expecting she would hold me back. But she J said she too loved swimming at night. Our clothes were off in a second. "You're not with me because you're angry with Chiara?" "Why am I angry with Chiara?" "Because of him." I shook my head, (…)”

 

And those are my suggestions, I really hope you can comment which have you read or would like to read.

Thank you!