First published 2015
I cannot provide a synopsis written from inside the story because the source describes "Palabras Mayores" as an anthology of twenty separate short stories by different emerging Mexican authors, rather than a single narrative work. The source indicates this collection was curated by three internationally recognized writers (Juan Villoro, Guadalupe Nettel, and Cristina Rivera Garza) working with the Hay Festival, British Council, and Conaculta. The stories share only the Mexican nationality of their authors and their status as emerging voices. Without information about the specific content, characters, or plots of the individual stories within this anthology, I cannot create the requested synopsis format that names protagonists and describes concrete scenes and tensions.
Genres: fiction, anthologies, contemporary, 21st-century, latin-american-literature
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Mexico
Period: 21st-century
300 pages · Hardcover · Malpaso Editorial