Los ojos cerrados

The closed eyes is a novel about one place, a town that could have any name and that is why it is called Pueblo Chico. Pueblo Chico is anchored in a wild mountain range that is sometimes covered with fog, other times with snow, a mountain range in which animals sometimes get lost, people disappear. Pedro, the old protagonist of this novel, lives in the town, a repository of secrets that surround the violence that has plagued the place for decades. When Ariadna arrives in Pueblo Chico for initially unclear reasons, Pedro observes and watches over her, while Ariadna reveals her own connection with the silenced history of the place. The encounter between past and present, between Pedro and Ariadna, gives rise to a novel in which Edurne Portela investigates a violence that, although it forever disrupts the lives of the characters, generates the possibility of creating a space for coexistence and solidarity.