OPINION | The 25 essential books of these 25 years, according to Wendy Guerra

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Publisher’s note: Wendy Guerra is a French-Cuban writer and a contributor to CNN en Español. Her articles have appeared in media around the world, such as El País, The New York Times, the Miami Herald, El Mundo and La Vanguardia. Among her most outstanding literary works are “Underwear” (2007), “I was never the first lady” (2008), “Posing naked in Havana” (2010) and “Everyone leaves” (2014). Her work has been published in 23 languages. The comments expressed in this column belong exclusively to the author. See more at cnne.com/opinion

(CNN Spanish) — I give our followers, viewers, readers and Internet users a very special journey: a review of the stories, topics and characters that have bewitched me and that have come to light over the last 25 years in first editions or reissues.

It is a very personal list that goes through the length and breadth of the time that CNN en Español has accompanied us, informed and enlightened us, making us witnesses of what is happening in the world, transmitting and communicating the great novel of reality in our language, the Castilian.

It is curious to note that a good part of the complex plots of these books, written or translated into Spanish, referred to in America, Europe or Asia, were, precisely, news broadcast live, during these years by this chain.

Any of these works, poetry or prose, are part of the imaginary of a transcendental period, a stage where wars, births, festivities, tragedies, natural catastrophes, scientific, sports, artistic events and even terrorist attacks are followed by the media in real time. real.

The literature of the image is also part of the history of the times in which we live.

this is my list

1997-2022