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The stories in The Care take us to neighborhoods, towns, fields, country houses, and nursing homes—places outside the center, and into narratives removed from the present. Reading them is like beginning to inhabit images shifted toward the past. Every story holds a mystery; all are set within a shadowy zone. Moving through that darkness—not only to decipher secrets, but to illuminate the human mechanisms that give rise to these obscure spaces—is what Agustina Larrea achieves with exceptional writing.

Through the deliberate use of anachronism, in The Care the author turns to old voices, colors, and places—imaginary worlds composed of forgotten tones—to explore the universal themes literature continually returns to because they continue to define us: infamy, the shadowy areas of the soul, what remains hidden, the vices that weigh us down.

The stories in The Care are read from beginning to end, as a perfect thread weaves each narrative together, while also introducing a new voice—one that ensures every moment lingers in our memory.

Cynthia Edul