It is a compilation of short stories of the writer and teacher Lucia Bettencout.
I must confess I was completely unaware of this Brazilian author and only had knowledge of her yet small literary work through her agent who did me the favor of sending some of her books to my mailbox. I must also confess that at first I was suspicious, because normally I only write about books I love and that choice is random, I do not guarantee anything to anyone, but in this particular case I can honestly say that I liked this little compendium. Already all you must be bored to death about how I appreciate short stories, is a genre that many people disdain, but for me there are no limits of words when writing a good story, "Borges secretary" is one of such example. The writing of Lucia Bettencourt is dynamic, surprising and intelligent by the theme and by the narrators she chooses which makes it accessible to any reader. One of the tales that really excited me more of this collection was the "bug", the story is just ... how shall I put this without hurting susceptibilities? It is addictive for its viscosity! I know perfectly well that I just wrote something absolutely with no sense at all. But, you have to read it to understand. The main story, which gives the title to the book and brings us to the great writer Borges is unusual and clever for its premise, as well as "4%". In fact what I found interesting during the various narratives is that Lucy Bettencourt always puts the reader in a unusual place, of the listening ear, you know that person who always listen others? In all the tales it seems she tells the story to someone, to us, not the colective, but to the individual self, it has almost a confessional tone, you see what I mean? If you do not know, well, there's only one remedy for that! As is my prerogative, as usual, I'm not a big fond of raising the veil too much when I talk about books. So have a nice reading.
