Montevideo Histoires

In the turbulent Montevideo of 1968, a young man plunges into student rebellion without a safety net. Decades later, from the peace of Tuscany, he looks back at the illusions and choices that shaped his destiny.

POV de la novia de Iván, Verónica, de la historia: Alma escurridiza

The traitorous life and work of a dispirited MI6 spy and long-time KGB mole begin to unravel as he comes under increased scrutiny in 1960s Montevideo. At the center of the intrigue are two Cold War intelligence officers assigned to Uruguay, a middle-aged British MI6 officer, and the Soviet KGB Rezident. The intricate chilling details of the eventual betrayal of the MI6 spy, as his life and work suddenly unravel, ends climactically in faraway Moscow.

Pale and fleeting is a collection of horror microfiction by Uruguayan author Luis B. Poirier, subtitled "Brief flashes of horror before darkness devours everything." The anthology comprises stories that blend psychological terror, body horror, and supernatural elements, frequently set against the backdrop of contemporary Montevideo and rural Uruguay. The collection explores recurring motifs of identity dissolution, temporal anomalies, cursed objects, doppelgängers, and the intrusion of the uncanny into quotidian existence. Poirier's narratives employ unreliable narrators, fragmented temporalities, and metafictional techniques to create atmospheres of ontological uncertainty where boundaries between self and other, past and present, reality and delusion become increasingly porous. Central themes include maternal trauma and repressed grief, professional and domestic stasis leading to psychological deterioration, demonic possession reframed as internal fragmentation, and the dissolution of personal identity through supernatural encounters. Poirier's prose oscillates between stark minimalism and baroque elaboration, demonstrating influences from Río de la Plata literary traditions-particularly the metaphysical horror of Jorge Luis Borges and the rural Gothic of Horacio Quiroga-while incorporating contemporary urban alienation and digital age anxieties. The work situates itself within Latin American "weird fiction," employing second person narration and direct reader address to create what has been termed "participatory dread," synthesizing regional specificity with universal themes of existential displacement and corporeal vulnerability.

Un vagabundo merodea las calles de Montevideo tratando de recordar su pasado.

Pequeña historia romantica

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El mercado de espejos LED en Uruguay está atravesando una etapa de crecimiento acelerado impulsado por la expansión del comercio electrónico, la modernización del sector de belleza profesional y la creciente demanda de productos de iluminación estética de alta calidad.

Historias en Buses de Montevideo es un compilado de las anécdotas más picantes del transporte público montevideano. En sus páginas, el autor derrama lo mejor de la pervertida (y perversa) mente de sus amigos de facebook.