"Burbujas"

It is strange to review some work of this author starting by almost the most newly-made and different of his work, but we felt like it. Burbujas is maybe his most atypical and personal work. Daniel Torres, from the new Valencian school, with his clear line style, is recognized by characters rather of the genre such as Roco Vargas, writer-adventurer from a retro-futurist universe or Tom, the children's tales' dinosaur. But by this work, he moves the character's accent into the story, from the eidetic-fantastic to the real-human thing. It is very easy (although depending on the reader's generation) to identify themselves with the main character, we could all be Ramón: nothingy man, who's been going through half of his nothingy life, steps on the brakes when having a thoughtful Epiphany in front of a huge fish bowl. Absurd as it may seem, the metaphor looks suitable and beautiful; this, and the subsequent ones the author overwhelms the character with to solve the Gordian knot of his existence, will flood a large part of this story with thoughts (bubbles) that will attempt to give air to varied vital concerns. Filled with biographical and autobiographical notes, the final result is a close work, with points of humor and worked with lots of affection and sensitivity. Burbujas is maybe as necessary in the author's story itself as in the character's and, very likely, it was or it will be in one scatterbrain or another.