A noir centered around the obsessive, suicidal temperament of the main character and the devaluation of human entity. Decadent relationships and existential quagmire, components that constitute an extremely engrossing read.
Antes del fin by Ernesto Sábato
The universe that is spoken of here is my personal universe and therefore, incomplete, contradictory and improvable.
The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first 15 you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
So, here's my list:
1- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter Saga
2- Terry Pratchett, Mort
3- J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
4- Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is illuminated
5- Carlos Ruiz Safón, La sombra del viento (The shadow of the wind)
6- Ernesto Sábato, Apologías y rechazos
7- Jane Austen, Pride and prejudice
8- Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray
9- Lev Grossman, The magicians
10- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le petit prince
11- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
12- Markus Zusak, The book thief
13- Lewis Caroll. Alice in wonderland
14- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
15- Frances Hodgson Burnett, A little princess