BOOK REVIEW BONES Author: Txabi Arnal From the reader report by: Rodrigo Petronio Two suns appear: a large one on the horizon and a small one, which is close to the ears of the little dog Huesos. Huesos is a very special (and space) dog. The small sun started orbiting around him. At night the little sun let itself go round and landed on Huesos’ heart. There was a snap and Huesos smiled and never barked again. Huesos was gone, but the little sun was not: it grew and grew until it became the master of the house. The narrator makes friends with the little flea that survived. Until one day the flea’s little sun shined on it. A very simple, beautiful and touching book, with very few resources. It deals with the loss of pets in a metaphorical way, through the little sun that survives Huesos and then survives the little flea’s death (perpetuates its life). Illustrations are beautiful. A naïve and good book that can be worked on in a cross-cutting way approaching issues of death, memory, preservation, affection, friendship, farewell, and attachments, among other themes. Txabi Arnal Gil, born in Ermua in 1967, has lived for years in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where he is a professor of Yound Adult’s Literature at the UPV-EHU. His books have been selected by the White Ravens and the Banco del Libro de Venezuela, and he also won the Vittoria Samarelli Award (2012). He published several works such as A fantástica garota invisível, Beijos, O quebra-cabeça, O ladrão de selos, Nicolás, Tigretón-To, Caixa de papelão.
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