El abc de Byobu

As if it were an act of verbal magic that transforms reality from its deepest gears, The ABCs of Byobu plays with the figure of the "folding screen" (which in Japanese shares roots with "screen" and "wind") to reflect on the everyday. As Luis Felipe Fabre points out, "Byobu, more than a character, is a state of consciousness." The Uruguayan Cervantes Prize winner Ida Vitale constructs a vast and warm universe that comes alive in the reader's imagination.