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Vamos a hacer las cosas bien

Vamos a hacer las cosas bien

Rosa Ponce

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Vamos a hacer las cosas bien (Let’s Do Things Right) is the debut book by Rosa Ponce, featuring twenty-eight stories where the most intense emotions don’t always arise in the appropriate context. Nostalgia might hit you while looking at a rental ad on Idealista, loneliness might surface while diving in a public swimming pool, or frustration might take the form of an August in Seville.

These stories touch on topics like preteens who started using hair gel too early, fake Betis tracksuits competing against real Nike ones, monkeys disrespecting you, or moving to a town where there’s nothing—except a Carrefour. Because God squeezes but doesn’t strangle, and because, like it or not, those dwarf rabbits "that don’t grow" do always grow a bit. These tales are like secret little doors that let you peek into other people’s lives at the exact moment when you’re glad it’s not your life—because if it were, maybe you wouldn’t find it so funny.

I’ve always thought Rosa Ponce has a peculiar talent for crafting language, for developing it in a way that’s as personal as it is relatable to anyone. Her way of expressing herself—precise and addictive—stems from a strong, personal study of orality, capable of transmitting the essence of humanity at its finest. – Elisa Victoria
If I had to make a list of what still gives us hope in humanity, I’d include, without hesitation, Rosa’s genius for finding humor in things. – Ignatius Farray
This collection of stories might just as well come, not from Rosa Ponce’s head, but from long hours spent observing how humans interact through terrariums she has at home for just that purpose. Taking notes on miseries and triumphs, fears and desires; also bearing witness to their relationship with the digital and the analog, with folklore and their social class. Here’s what’s exceptional: given the chance to know what each character thinks and feels, Rosa employs a neutral voice that neither condescends nor sugarcoats, that adds neither humor nor diminishes sorrow. The characters come alive, and any interference with their actions or thoughts would distort them. – José Sanz

Foreword by: Elisa Victoria

130 pages
12 x 19 cm
Softcover binding

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Vamos a hacer las cosas bien es el primer libro de Rosa Ponce, veintiocho relatos en los que los sentimientos más intensos no siempre aparecen en el contexto adecuado y puede pasar que la nostalgia te invada mirando un anuncio de Idealista, la soledad buceando en una piscina municipal o que la frustración tome la forma de un agosto en Sevilla. 

Aquí se habla de eso y de preadolescentes que han empezado a usar gomina demasiado pronto, de chándales falsos del Betis compitiendo contra chándales Nike verdaderos, de monos que te faltan al respeto, de mudarse a un pueblo en el que no hay nada pero sí hay Carrefour. Porque Dios aprieta pero no ahoga y porque, quieras o no, esos conejos enanos “de los que no crecen”, algo siempre crecen. Estas historias son como puertecitas secretas por las que asomarse a vidas ajenas en ese preciso instante en el que te alegras de que esa vida no sea la tuya porque, si lo fuera, a lo mejor no te haría tanta gracia.  

Siempre he pensado que Rosa Ponce tiene una cualidad peculiar para concebir el lenguaje, para desarrollarlo de una manera tan propia como reconocible por cualquiera. Su forma de expresarse, concreta y adictiva, apela a un estudio de la oralidad potente y personal capaz de transmitir la esencia del ser humano en su máximo esplendor. - Elisa Victoria
Si tuviera que hacer una lista de lo que aún nos hace tener esperanza en el ser humano, incluiría, sin pensarlo, el genio de Rosa para verle la gracia a las cosas. - Ignatius Farray
Esta colección de relatos bien pudiera proceder, más que de la cabeza de Rosa Ponce, de largas horas dedicadas a observar de qué manera se interrelacionan los seres humanos gracias a unos terrarios que tiene en su casa destinados a tal efecto. Tomando nota de las miserias y triunfos, de los miedos y anhelos; testimoniando también su relación con lo digital y lo analógico, con el folklore y la clase social a la que se pertenece. Y, aquí lo excepcional, al dársele la posibilidad a Rosa de saber qué piensa y siente cada uno de los personajes que aparecen, ella hace uso de una voz neutra que ni mira por encima del hombro ni atenúa, que ni añade gracia ni resta pena: los personajes tienen vida y cualquier intervención suya sobre sus actos y pensamientos sería desvirtuarlos. - José Sanz
Prólogo de Elisa Victoria  

130 páginas
12 x 19 cm
Encuadernación en rústica
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Country — Spain

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About — Libros Walden is an eclectic publishing house based in Madrid releasing fiction books (by young spanish and international cult authors), as well as books on music, cinema, and underground culture, in addition to comics and art posterzines.

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