Arkoiris Prize 2024 for the best literary creation
A theft that seemed perfect turns into a downward spiral. Among taverns, silences, and collateral damage, a white-collar thief tries to piece together the steps of an operation that crumbles bit by bit. Nothing fits completely, no one plays fair, and each move brings the checkmate a little closer.
Synopsis
Time passes very quickly when you are unconscious.
I still don’t understand how it could get so complicated. Going in and out of prison, going in and out of the hospital, and, in between, Noelia Soto’s legs. I should have sensed the disaster as soon as she appeared in that tavern. Stealing the painting shouldn’t have been difficult. Nor should finding it again have been hard. But this novel is the testimony of when everything goes wrong, no matter how much time you spend planning it.
Sometimes the game goes awry and there is no other move but to try to avoid checkmate. But what can you do when the whole game is rigged and nothing is what it seems?
El sueño de la libélula is a twisted game of deceit, the last journey of a white-collar thief who, in chess as in life, never learned how to win.
