A luxurious seafood restaurant, where celebrities, politicians, and famous athletes often dine, sets the scene for an ordinary afternoon. Among the patrons is Joselo, a retired bullfighter; an incident involving a small lobster stirs up memories of his most frustrating bullfightโan event he had seemingly put behind him over the years.
"Indulto" is a work of magical realism taken from the book "La zombie y el conejo".
Vladimir Vilยญlarยญreal is an arยญchiยญtect and writer (Monยญterยญrey, Mexยญico, 1977). He doesn't limit himยญself to a parยญticยญuยญlar genre in his writยญing, as he reads a wide vaยญriยญety of genยญres and says he writes what he himยญself would like to find in a book.
In 2013, he pubยญlished his first book of short stoยญries, "La Zomยญbie y el Conejo" (The Zomยญbie and the Rabยญbit).
In 2019, he reยญleased his first novel, "Perยญreador."
In 2020, he pubยญlished a short book of poยญlitยญiยญcal esยญsays, "El Sitio Propยญiยญcio" (The Proยญpiยญtious Place), which conยญtains three esยญsays on civic edยญuยญcaยญtion and democยญracy in Mexยญico.
In 2021, he reยญturned with a manยญual for editยญing ebooks for inยญdeยญpenยญdent auยญthors, tiยญtled "eBook inยญfalยญliยญble" (Inยญfalยญliยญble eBook).
He coยญorยญdiยญnates the "Colecยญciรณn Reยญlatos Suelยญtos" (Loose Stoยญries Colยญlecยญtion) at 38 Minยญuยญtos Ediยญciones, a pubยญliยญcaยญtion that ofยญfers a taste of the work of sevยญeral inยญdeยญpenยญdent Spanยญish-speakยญing short story writยญers from difยญferยญent counยญtries.
Curยญrently he's workยญing on the transยญlaยญtion of her colยญlecยญtion of stoยญries into difยญferยญent lanยญguages, inยญcluded in her book "The Zomยญbie and the Rabยญbit" and in other anยญtholoยญgies; for the Engยญlish lanยญguage you can find them in the colยญlecยญtion "Fanยญtasยญtic Imagยญiยญnaยญtion Maยญchine."