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Literary influences and references

 

All readers seek, through literature, stories that make us live unique and exciting experiences. And it is through this search that, from time to time, we discover unforgettable books and writers, capable of stirring something within us. The admiration we feel for them makes them referents, and is what makes some readers also want to be writers.

 

It. Before Stephen King, never had such a short word said so much

 

There is a temptation to imitate the writers we like, but no matter how hard we try, we can never resemble them. Because if they attract our attention it is precisely because they are very different from us. In addition, we all have a unique and particular point of view on the world around us, and it is that point of view that is reflected in everything we do, whether we are aware of it or not. The element comes as standard, we cannot choose it.

 

 

 

A good coffee always goes well when writing or reading

 

 

With a bit of luck, the authors we admire will be able to leave us touches of their style, or a bit of their grace and clairvoyance. But where their importance really lies is that they are capable of stimulating our creativity, pushing us to want to do something similar, even remotely.

 

 

 

Some of the books I have on the shelves at home

 

We all have our preferences, and for me, the TOP 15 of the best books that have been written are the following:

 

- Sinuhé, el ecipcio (Mika Waltari)

- La historia interminable (Michael Ende)

- La dama de las camelias (Alexandre Dumas, fils)

- It (Stephen King)

- La otra parte (Alfred Kubin)

- El lugar (Mario Levrero)

- Pandora al Congo (Albert Sánchez Piñol)

- El valle de las luces (Stephen Gallagher)

- Clase nocturna (Tom Piccirilli)

- Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)

- Pórtico (Frederik Pohl)

- Seda (Alessandro Baricco)

- La mujer del viajero en el tiempo (Audrey Niffenegger)

- Història de Pi (Yann Martel)

- Déjame entrar (John Ajvide Lindqvist)

 

* I have put the title in the language in which I have read them.

 

 

 

Sinhué el egipcio (The Egyptian) is, in my opinion, one of the best novels in world literature.

 

 

These works have given me elements that no other book has been able to give me, they have made me move and have meant that, for one reason or another, I have not been able to get them out of my head. And thanks to them I write. It must be said that the order of the list is interchangeable, each of these books is equally special to me. They are all fantastic and extraordinary, without a doubt masterpieces of world literature.

 

But the world of lyrics is very wide, and when I make a TOP 50 I will also include Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, and Hellraiser, by Clive Barker (although it may sound strange to someone). There should also be some of Phillip K. Dick's short stories, as well as other wonderful books that I haven't had a chance to discover yet.

 

 

 

Some handwritten pages from one of my stories

 

 

And if I were reborn and had to choose someone else to reincarnate, I would have liked to be Dennis Lehane (his Kenzie & Gennaro series represents the absolute culmination of crime novels), Mikel Santiago (all his books are good) or Matilde Asensi ( a great teacher of the adventure novel). It would also have been nice to be Marsé (unparalleled), Sánchez Piñol (whose genius has not yet been fully appreciated) or the immeasurable Stephen King, a figure who has contributed more to Western culture than any other living writer.

 

And, why not, I wouldn't have minded being China Miéville, a terribly original author. But I admit that I like being who I am. Nobody is perfect.