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Behind the Bible there is a great story: among many others, that of its writing, its composition, its context, its transmission, its interpretations, its archaeological and literary background and its ideological use since ancient times.
For this reason, the publishing world is in luck for the publication of
The Books of the New Testament
, a monumental edition (more than 1,600 pages) of the 27 books that make it up, in a version coordinated by Antonio Piñero.
If there are not many philologists who deal with these texts from a strictly historical-cultural point of view, there are even fewer critical editions that present them in a non-denominational interpretation designed for an educated public.
Among the books reviewed this week by
Babelia
's critics , those by two Hispanic-American firms also stand out.
The Argentine artist and writer Camila Sosa Villada publishes a book of stories,
I am a fool for loving you
, whose stories are focused on sexual violence against children, on the persecution and institutional crimes that have been perpetrated since ancient times against black, brown, junkies, the Billie Holidays of the world, ripe fruits, poor people and all those transvestites who prostitute themselves claiming their desire to copulate with three rugby players and finally discover that this desire is mandatory, there is no other way out, they feel fear.
For her part, the Mexican Brenda Navarro, who was already uncovered with
Empty Houses
, reveals herself as a master in the construction of sustained voices in a poor balance, almost delusional.
In
Ceniza en la boca
, she brings into play inequality, racism, helplessness.
But with a certain irony.
In addition,
El seductor
, by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, is rescued, which in this volume offers a satire of the way of life of the Jewish community in New York.
His protagonist is a seducer who attracts every woman who appears on her sexual horizon.
Finally, a new compilation of the articles by Javier Marías accurately portrays today's society, with its virtues and defects.
Will the cook be a good person?
collects the columns published by the author of
Tomás Nevinson
in
El País Semanal
(
EPS
) between February 2019 and January 2021.
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