Félix J. Palma has been acclaimed by critics as one of the most brilliant and original storytellers of our time. His devotion to the short story genre has earned him more than a hundred awards. The Map of Time, his first book published in the United States, was an instant New York Times bestseller and received the prestigious 2008 Ateneo de Sevila XL Prize. It has been published in more than thirty countries. Along with The Map of Time Trilogy, he is also the author of The Heart and Other Viscera. Palma lives in Spain. Please visit FelixJPalma.es.
“In Félix J. Palma’s captivating new collection of short stories,
The Heart and Other Viscera, the celebrated Spanish author bores
into the interior life of the mind, extracting spellbinding tales
from the worlds we create inside our heads. The collection,
recently released in a fluid English-language translation by Nick
Caistor and Lorenza García, at times reads like an assemblage of
Twilight Zone episodes made even more vivid on the printed page.
. . . What elevates Palma’s storytelling is that he
plumbs the most mundane aspects of everyday life and the most
invisible of human beings, the sort of people we pass on the street
without noticing, and uses them as launching pads for
phantasmagoric flights of the imagination.”
*The Washington Post*
“In the realm of fantastic short fiction, fantasy often lives right
next door to horror, and Spanish writer Palma's collection of dark
fantasy is a very good example of that. The stories center around
the general theme of love, though how this love is expressed is
often bizarre or gruesome. . . . This book is just the ticket for
readers seeking escape from the mundane into a dark dreamworld.
Fans of the short fiction of Neil Gaiman will find much to like in
Palma’s dark fantasy tales.”
*Booklist*
“Palma has a piercing imagination . . . Twelve well-paced stories
straddling the line between parody, magical realism, mystery, and
farce.”
*Kirkus Reviews*
“In Palma’s solid collection, the surreal collides with the deeply
mundane in transformative ways. . . . The scope of [his]
imagination is undeniable . . . Palma proves he is an assured,
creative writer with a knack for the unsettling.”
*Publishers Weekly*
Praise from press in Spain for Félix J. Palma's short stories
“Palma’s love of fantasy is no mere exercise in escapism nor a
clever game of mirrors, but a way of intuiting the world by freeing
oneself from rationalism. His stories demonstrate a perfect tension
between poetry, tenderness, and humor.”
*El Mundo*
“[Palma’s] works are infused with gifted ideas, unforgettable
imagery and reflections that haunt you long after you’ve finished
the last page. An author of deliciously disquieting short
stories.”
*La Razón*
“An amalgam of perfect style, astonishing imagery, and unsettling
narrative to chart a disturbing world.”
*ABC Cultural*
“Meticulous, disconcerting and inspired, Palma exemplifies the
very best of short fiction being written in Spanish
today.”
*Muface*
Praise for The Map of Time
"The Map of Time recalls the science fiction of Wells and Verne,
and then turns the early masters on their heads. A brilliant and
breathtaking trip through metafictional time."
*Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author*
“The Map of Time is a singularly inventive, luscious story with a
core of pure, unsettling weirdness. With unnerving grace and
disturbing fantasy, it effortlessly straddles that impossible line
between being decidedly familiar, and yet absolutely new.”
*Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker*
“Strange and wonderful. Magical and smart. Félix J. Palma has done
more than written a wonderful novel, he’s concocted a supernatural
tour de force. Time travel, tragic love, murder, and mystery all
combine in what is nothing short of a surprising, satisfying, and
mesmerizing read.”
*M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author*
"A big, genre-bending delight."
*The Washington Post*
"Palma makes his U.S. debut with the brilliant first in a trilogy,
an intriguing thriller that explores the ramifications of time
travel in three intersecting narratives."
*Publishers Weekly (starred)*
"Lyrical storytelling and a rich attention to detail make this
prize-winning novel an enthralling read."
*Library Journal (starred)*
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