Alejandro Hernandez Murillo, he likes to be called just Murillo (1973-?), was born in Mexico City but grew up in Nanchital, Veracruz, now a ghost town.
He began w...voir plusAlejandro Hernandez Murillo, he likes to be called just Murillo (1973-?), was born in Mexico City but grew up in Nanchital, Veracruz, now a ghost town.
He began writing from childhood. Influenced by the literature of H. P. Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, scientific notions and psychiatry, his style involves strange and lonely characters, dark atmospheres, violent images, and despair.
Although his stories refer to the human condition in his mental state, whether sick or extreme loneliness, he does not leave aside the topic of love or the fight for personal improvement. Despite the fact he portrays them sordidly and tragically, he does it meaningfully.
Murillo writes not for fear of life, but for an internal, human pleasure of destruction. The human being is violent by nature, the acidic themes surround him, the strong dramas are more interesting than the infinite joy. The miserable characters leave a more deep message than those successful beings. These values or antiheroes are perfect motivations for Murillo's literature. Sometimes it is a hard vision, unsustainable, but at the same time, exciting, involving and always with something substantial and valuable to say.
"Pandora ́s Code" is his first English novel.voir moins