Juan is currently reading La sabiduría de los idiotas

"This is a graphic novel anthology all about different trickster figures within different mythologies, folktales etc. Each trickster is so different and each author really made each story their own I think. I knew at least a little about the origins of each of the four tricksters in this book. However I think this could be a great book to pick up and then go searching for sources of these stories.

First is The Spinner of Stories. It was written by Jonathan Rivera and drawn by Jade Zhang. It's a story of Anansi that actually combines several of his stories. I liked the way Anansi was shown to be more than one thing. While he wasn't what I would call virtuous he wasn't evil either, though. His schemes ultimately led humans receiving the gift of stories, though. I love to see stories with him and I'll be on the look out for more in the future.

The next story is The Heart that Beats Forever. It was written by Jordan Ifueko and drawn by Erin Kubo. This story is actually what originally got me interested in this book. I've read and loved Jordan Ifueko's Raybearer series and I wanted to see what else they'd done. I loved this story and I'm so glad I picked this up. It's a romance between a girl and the trickster Eshu. It's very magical and also not entirely what I was expecting.

A Tale of Two Markets is the third story. It's written by Amal El-Mohtar and drawn by Isa Hanssen. It's a story of Reynard the fox. He makes a bet and manages to win the bet through very underhanded means. Although his tricks might have caught up to him in the end. This one had a very familiar fairytale vibe which was really nice.

Loki The Matchmaker is the final story. It was written by Robin Kaplan and drawn by A.L. Kaplan. Of the stories I know the most about Loki. So it was interesting to see simultaneously such a fresh and traditional take on Loki. In this story Loki really questions gender expectations even for a mighty god like Thor. I thought it was very interesting to see how this was done in such a short story.

I didn't realize at the time how many other volumes of this series there already are. I'm definitely going to pick up the rest as soon as I can. "

"Esta edición reúne todos los cuentos del gran escritor.
No fue una lectura fácil, pero tampoco fue difícil. Se hizo necesario consultar el diccionario para entender el sentido de algunas palabras.
Los cuentos que menos me atraparon, por mi desconocimiento sobre el contexto, fueron los relacionados con los gauchos y con un Buenos Aires agreste y violento.
Los otros cuentos, en su mayoría, me parecieron maravillosos."