Daína Chaviano (Author)

This third book by the young author is the logical result of a process of maturation and decantation; it should be seen not as an isolated work but rather as the consequence of the formal and thematic quests and findings glimpsed in her preceding work. [...] With Historias de hadas para adultos, Daína Chaviano invites us to clear out virgin territory: the work does not fear but rather deliberately seeks out pollution. With her singular use of the magical and marvelous, she seeks to tear down the 'purity' of the genre. (Complete text in PDF).