El pulso

"The pulse is the number of times the heart beats in a minute. We could put a finger on the radial artery of the wrist, or on the carotid artery of the neck, to check that speed: "big pulse, small pulse, silence." Accelerations and collapses come into play in that rhythm, as in the reading of these stories in which it constantly seems that something is going to explode. The photo that a girl fears her mother will find. A discovery in the universe, or that of a relationship. An internet modem or a loaded bullet in front of a switched-on camera. Even a tea bag. Elías Fernández Casella portrays details of an everyday and current environment, highlighting the fragility of the world we inhabit, as well as our own vulnerability in the face of certain absurdities of the normality that we accept. Especially when the blows rattle inside, make our skin crawl and we are only driven by the vertigo of the pulse, the fear of losing it while we feel it stronger and stronger. Sofía Arriola."--