Guille is an apparently happy child, always smiling, but you only have to scratch beneath the surface to feel that there's a mystery somewhere.

In the texts collected in Eduardo Halfon’s new book, parenthood –with its high and low points– is often the lens through which the author revisits some of the favorite themes of his literary world.

Tarak is born in the middle of the 19th century, at the height of the Raj, to a poor family of textile workers.

After the death of her mother, Gabriele returns to the village where she spent her childhood summers. Waiting for her there is her father, with whom she has not spoken for years.

Jon, an elephant-keeper at the zoo, and Edith, a widow who lives with her eleven cats, are the only remaining inhabitants in an otherwise abandoned village.

This is the question posed by four lonely souls who meet each other by chance in the Café Turner, the only place open in a coastal town in the middle of winter: Imagine that your house is on fire and you have time to save only one thing which sign

El Mudo (the Mute) lives on the outskirts of a strange town in northern Argentina, with his dog India. Years ago he arrived from the city and moved into a mysterious house in the mountains, next to the river Tragadero.

Marcial works for a big meat products company. A self-taught man, he is proud of his achievements, his eloquence, and his own personal philosophy of the world.

The portrait of a city that is welcoming and uncommunicative in equal measure, of a family united by the fragile bonds of necessity and love and the unique gaze of a marvellous woman at an extraordinary moment.

We have all seen that documentary in which gnus migrate in search of fresh pastures and are forced to cross a river infested with crocodiles.