Un ensayo sobre las lágrimas

"Crying is proof of the imperfection of human language, of the language of words. We know that with words we cannot say everything. That is why silence exists... and that is why tears exist. Most of the time, what cannot be said remains shrouded in silence. But there are other times when it is the weeping that says the unspeakable, or rather, reveals that there is something within the individual who weeps that they cannot express with words, even if they wanted to." Why do we cry? Science has not yet clarified this. Tears—that elusive fluid between the physiological and the inexplicable—remain a mystery. Many have tried to unravel it, but so far the connection between crying and the emotions that provoke it remains unexplained. The protagonist of this novel knows this well, and he embarks on an investigation as absurd as it is moving: to understand crying, to understand himself. Set in the early days of the digital age, between the first SMS messages and the primitive Facebook, this story begins as a marital crisis, continues as a long-foretold revenge plot, and ultimately becomes a bewildering journey toward emotional perfection. A voyage filled with serious doubts and comical setbacks leading to a tragic and unexpected end. A lucid and profoundly human exercise in emotional dehydration.