Where the summer ends It’s a suggestive name. In it, it invokes the privileged estación that represents the holiday descanso and the heart associated with the good life, perhaps even as it refers to childhood. What is important here, however, is a border that is stable, a border that represents the end of this time is peacefulso marbet refers to the conclusion of this happy stage. The story that inspired Elma Correa (Mexicali, 1980) helped her win the Short Library Award that year.
Where the summer ends
Elmo Correa
Short Library Prize – Seix Barral, 2026. 302 pages. €20.90
Still raised in Niñez, Elisa and Aimé live in the neighborhood of Mexicali, one of Mexico’s northernmost cities bordering the United States. the place where the mixture is palpable. As shown, its name is formed by combining “Mexico” and “California”, even in its streets, including Mexicans and citizens if other ethnic groups and nationalities live, something common in neighboring populations. Many people live in very intense relationships.
They are “mejores amigas”, an elegant and superior title to the hearts of menHowever, some people are confused about his attitude. Elisa, who wants to grow up in two years, is on the verge of leaving Mexicali because her high abilities as an athlete have given her the chance to study in Monterrey. But the night before your march, something happens that will mark you forever. Rosario, a gypsy girl with whom they often shared games, disappears, leaving behind a color that will become visible over time.
Over the course of twenty years (with a brief return to life that also proved revelatory), Elisa and Aimé met. They are adults and each of them has focused on a different life. Elisa was never meant to be among the sport’s elite, so a lot of frustration returns and Aimé, who has endured his physique, is consigned to a sad future. Both women lost a lot along the way, most of all the honesty and simplicity when they were young, and the bond of friendship that kept them on the edge of earthly reality.
A very well written piece. The story of Elisa and Aimé is told briskly and without interest
Where the summer ends it is a very well written work; Don’t have any mistakes or flaws that stick to your style. The story of Elisa and Aimé is told briskly and without interest. The author also needs to dose the information so that the reader is always concerned about small advances in the action. However, the new one is composed of different ingredients. There are several chapters on the social situation at the front.
In them, they approach the topics as they are disappearance of children and womenso that those who transgress and those who err are constantly troubled; the problems that immigration causes; or structural machismo and the reality of some men who, blind to toxic masculinity, abuse. Others finally deal with the coexistence of different cultures, which is possible when the relationship is human to human.
This content, necessary for contextualizing the plot and delving into it, would only be suitable as a substrate where the intrigues of many characters unfold. But occasionally on the wingspan it is excessivehow such an end came about.
Some passages are also presented in the form of small essays or narratives with their own characters, which go beyond the argumentative core and meet the conditions of contributions. The story of Elisa and Aimé alone, with its natural development – enjundioso enough – was enough to maintain the suitability of the work without nuisances that create recurring episodes.
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