Life

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The short story 'Vida' written in 1998 by Roberto Perez-Franco illustrated by Margarita Cubino appears in this English edition for Amazon under the Zirie label in alliance with Perezoso Editores. Available for free in electronic format on the author's website: www.roberto.au/vida</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the author:</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> According to Eduardo Ritter Aisl��n Roberto Joaqu��n P��rez-Franco is a cultured writer and one of the most refined writers in Panama. Enrique Jaramillo Levi considers him one of the most talented authors of recent generations. Melqu��ades Villarreal Castillo considers him a mature writer knowledgeable in his craft which he practices with the patience and art of a goldsmith without a doubt one of the best storytellers that Panama has. Pedro Crenes Castro describes him as having a cultured and very reflective prose. Rodolfo de Gracia Reynaldo describes him as a master of the mini-story.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the story:</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Her most notable text the story Vida was described by the Jury of the 1999 Jos�� Mar��a S��nchez National Short Story Award as a literary gem worthy of the most demanding anthology for its human warmth clarity and formal excellence. Melqu��ades Villarreal Castillo has said that it is one of the best stories ever written in Panama adding that it outlines in a simple way the essence of human existence. Enrique Jaramillo Levi describes it as a kind of 'classic' of the new generations due to its intense human experience narrated within an impeccable traditional structure and through the use of simple and highly precise language... a must-read for anyone who wants to know how to tell a story beautifully. Editor M��nica Mora (who is publishing Vida (2022) as a book illustrated by Margarita Cubino under the Perezoso Editores label) confesses that after reading it for the first time she thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever read in my life.</span></p>