The Apocalypse According to Benedict. And other stories

To enter the pages of Mr. Bedoya´s stories is to travel a territory both reassuringly familiar and alluringly original, one which seduces the reader with its lexicon of the luminous ordinary, then assaults him or her in moments of fierce unsparing humour. Indeed, to read these pages is to be challenged and respected, not only as an intelligent reader, but also as an equal contributor to a transcendent textual experience. We congratulate Esteban Bedoya for giving us a text that reveals Paraguay in its expressive fullness in the broad spectrum of contemporary literature.