CIUDAD CAPITAL (2011)
CIUDAD CAPITAL
Edit. Chancacazo, Octubre, 2011
The first book of short stories, with ten stories, shows us characters of the city and their lives that go unnoticed in the immensity of its structures and exhaustion. The book had two editions under the publishing house Chancacazo.
In 2013, CIUDAD CAPITAL was awarded by the Chilean Ministry of Education, recommending its reading to students.
CIUDAD CAPITAL has been presented in the following events:
- 13th Ñuñoa Book Fair, Santiago de Chile.
- 5th Independent Publishers Fair, Santiago de Chile.
- 31st Viña del Mar Book Fair, Chile.
- Radio Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
- Radio Universidad de Chile.
- La Peña Cultural Center, San Francisco, California.
- Barco de Papel Cultural Center, Queens, New York.
- 13th New York Hispanic Latino Book Fair, New York.
- Graduate Center CUNY, invited to exhibit in the literary series of Enclave magazine and the Latin American Writers Institute (LAWI).
- Maker Park Radio, Hybrid Literary Radio Program (Staten Island, New York)
CRITICISM AND COMMENTARY
“…these are stories that are almost always accomplished and compelling, revealing unknown worlds—most often worlds entirely lacking a voice or presence in the public sphere and in our literature. Unlike so many writers dazzled by modernity, shopping malls, and journeys to exotic destinations, this writer is interested in anonymous people: the unemployed, lonely romantics lost in small towns, or failures who never achieved what they once dreamed of…”
— Camilo Marks, El Mercurio, October 2011
“Capital City is an essential book within our civic culture, because it tells stories of the city through deeply human characters portrayed with remarkable simplicity. Without ever raising its voice, Capital City simply reveals life in the metropolis. Recommended for the development of civic awareness among students.”
— Ministry of Education of Chile
Bibliotecas CRA – Ministerio de Educación de Chile
“Escalona explores curious corners and singular characters with an attentive, inquisitive gaze. In doing so, he offers a kind of narrative only possible for those who remain open both to innocence and to insight and wit.”
— Inmaculada Lara Bonilla, PhD, Director of the Latin American Writers Institute at Hostos Community College, City University of New York