Description
Serene and Eternal
Book Summary
A Panishop cashier, a spying mission in the past, the return of a woman presumed dead forty years ago, and a warrior posing as Joan of Arc in the Balkans. These are just some of the thresholds the author invites us to cross in this collection of ten short stories. With a poetic, sensual, and intriguing tone, the everyday opens up to make way for magic, desire, and the memory of other lives. A work that overflows the boundaries of reality to understand the present and build identity.
What is it about?
Serene and Eternal brings together ten stories that function as doors to the extraordinary. Geography is an excuse for the invisible to reveal itself to women willing to live their passion. Each story explores an exact moment where reality surrenders to the eternal: a supermarket cashier gets caught up in a spying mission in the past, a woman must survive the return of someone she thought dead four decades ago, and a warrior poses as Joan of Arc in the Balkans. Through these plots, the author weaves a literary map that captures the magic, desire, and memory of other lives, showing how the everyday can be the threshold to the marvelous.
Main themes
- The intersection between the everyday and the magical
- Female desire and passion as transformative forces
- Memory and identity through other lives and times
- Espionage and time travel as metaphors for internal exploration
- The construction of the present through overcoming the limits of reality
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers looking for a brief but intense narrative with a marked poetic and sensual tone. It is ideal for those who enjoy stories that combine magical realism, intrigue, and a deep exploration of female psychology. It will also be attractive to those interested in literature that overflows traditional genres and uses geography and history as a backdrop for intimate and transformative plots.
What this book offers
- Ten stories that invite reflection on identity and memory from a magical and poetic perspective.
- A reading experience that combines sensuality with intrigue, maintaining a lyrical and immersive tone.
- A unique vision of how the extraordinary can emerge from the most mundane, offering new ways of understanding reality.
- The opportunity to enter the literary universe of an author with three decades of experience capturing moments where reality is transformed.
Technical specifications
- Author: Holanda Castro
- Publisher: EDICIONES CON M DE MUJER
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: POETRY
- Collection: CON M DE MUJER
- Publication date: March 2026
- Number of pages: 122
- Weight: 148 g
Editorial review
Serene and Eternal presents itself as a solid proposal within short narrative with touches of poetry and magical realism. The author demonstrates a mastery of the short story genre, ensuring that each tale functions as an autonomous universe, yet cohesive in tone and theme. The work will be especially interesting for those readers looking for literature that transcends the conventional, offering an experience that combines the beauty of language with the complexity of human emotions. It is a book that invites rereading and reflection, ideal for those who value depth in brevity.