La Ternura Canã-Bal / Cannibal Tenderness

Los protagonistas de estos cuentos sÃ3lo encuentran satisfacciÃ3n cuando se imponen a los demàs o cuando conquistan un reducto de supremacÃ-a a costa de sus amantes, de sus amigos, o de su propia cordura. La mordaz ironÃ-a con que Enrique Serna escudriña los tumores del alma nos muestra las secretas intenciones que todos tratamos de ocultar en nuestra guerra frÃ-a con el prÃ3jimo: 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 pequeñas y grandes traiciones que socavan la vida conyugal hasta convertirla en un campo minado.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

â oeThe 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.⠝ â "JosÃ(c) MarÃ-a 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.