Description
Veiled Photographs
Book Summary
A book of ghosts, dreams, and photographs that traverses landscapes such as Loarre, the vineyards of the Huesca Somontano, Lower Aragon, or the Galician beaches. Between anonymous apparitions and figures such as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer or Dominique Sanda, these twenty stories weave an atmosphere of unreality and mystery. The first pages of an album of fables of love, crimes, and the "maquis," with Zaragoza as a possible great protagonist, offer the reader a unique literary experience where the elusive and the real intertwine.
What is it about?
The work is presented as a collection of twenty stories that explore the border between the tangible and the ethereal through three central elements: ghosts, dreams, and photographs. The narratives move through diverse settings in the Spanish geography, from Upper Aragon to Galicia, where ghosts—both anonymous and named (Martín Mormeneo, Patricio Julve, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, or Dominique Sanda)—emerge like apparitions after the rain. Dreams permeate every page with an unreal and elusive atmosphere, while the photographs act as the first pages of an album containing fables of love, mystery, crimes, the "maquis," and cities lashed by the "cierzo" wind, such as Zaragoza, which perhaps stands as the great protagonist of this narrative collection.
Main themes
- The presence of the supernatural and the ghostly in everyday landscapes.
- Memory and the past as the stuff of fiction, through photographs and albums.
- The dream as a liminal state between reality and imagination.
- The Aragonese and Galician landscape as a symbolic and emotional stage.
- Love, mystery, and crime as the drivers of the stories.
- The figure of the "maquis" and the recent history of Spain.
Who is it recommended for?
For readers interested in short narratives with a lyrical and dreamlike atmosphere, with a strong component of magical realism and evocation of landscapes. Also for those who appreciate stories that combine the fantastic with the historical and cultural memory of Aragon and other regions of Spain. It is a work suitable for literature lovers who explore the boundaries between the real and the unreal, and for those seeking a suggestive and immersive read.
What this book offers
- A collection of stories that fuse the fantastic with local geography and history.
- A unique literary atmosphere, charged with symbolism and poetry.
- An original look at memory, dreams, and images as gateways to other worlds.
- A reading experience that invites reflection and daydreaming.
Technical specifications
- Author: Castro, Antón
- Publisher: Xordica
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Collection: CARRACHINAS
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 184
- Weight: 383 g
Editorial review
A narrative proposal that stands out for its ability to weave a web of short stories where the fantastic and the real blend naturally. The writing of Antón Castro, evocative and precise, manages to immerse the reader in an atmosphere of dreams and ghosts, while traveling through landscapes and cities with a very personal literary gaze. The work will be especially attractive to those looking for stories that not only entertain but also invite daydreaming and reflection on memory and the passage of time.