Ask the Author: Félix Manuel

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Félix Manuel Reconocí que viviría para siempre. Me aterró saber que era una realidad de la que no podía escapar.


I realized I would live forever. It terrified me to know it was a reality I could never escape.
Félix Manuel Iría a los molinos que enfrentó don Quijote, solo para ver su tamaño.


I would go to the windmills that Don Quixote faced, just to see their size.
Félix Manuel “Los peces de la amargura”, de Fernando Aramburu; “Los girasoles ciegos”, de Alberto Méndez; y “El juicio”, de Franz Kafka, son algunas de las novelas que leeré.


The Fish of Bitterness by Fernando Aramburu, Blind Sunflowers by Alberto Méndez, and The Trial by Franz Kafka are some of the novels I plan to read.
Félix Manuel En mi vida considero misteriosa la forma en que procesé las desgracias y atropellos de mi infancia, convirtiéndolos en la base de una vida ordenada, lúcida y llena de propósito, cuando típicamente con estas experiencias sucede lo contrario.


I find it mysterious how I managed to process the hardships and abuses of my childhood, turning them into the foundation of an orderly, lucid, and purposeful life—when typically such experiences lead in the opposite direction.

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