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Lleno de humor y asombro, bellísimo». - Elena Medel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ¿Cuánta gente cabe en un departamento cuando sus tres habitantes están confinados?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ¿Cuántos idiomas si uno de ellos apenas está aprendiendo a hablar?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ¿Cuántos personajes si uno de los tres es novelista?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVeinte, veintiuno\u003c\/i\u003e narra cinco estaciones en la vida de una pequeña familia bilingüe adaptándose a la «normal nuevidad», y retrata el peculiar lenguaje que construyen juntos y encerrados: un idioma destinado a desaparecer.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Una y otra vez, este libro nos recuerda que, bien mirado, lo cotidiano es extraordinario.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn her first non-fiction work, Laia Jufresa, one of the best Mexican writers, portrays through her peculiar wit and humor the small things that concern, obsess, distress, and nevertheless push us to keep living and rewriting this rarefied present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A pandemic book? 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