Recomendación total para la lectura de esta novela en su idioma original en espera de una edición en España, para la cual me ofrezco como traductor —llegado el caso. Su protagonista y narrador es un diseñador de videojuegos próximo a la treintena, descontento con su trabajo y con su vida en general. Es decir, que sufre de baja autoestima, aislamiento y ansiedad social, como cualquier buena persona. Tiene la idea de regresar a la universidad en Montreal para estudiar Escritura Creativa, por lo que se traslada a compartir casa con otros estudiantes. En su intento de re-inventarse a sí mismo, hace nuevas amistades —con un pie en la vida real y otro en Facebook—, asiste a fiestas y raves, y coquetea con el alcohol y otras drogas de manera desastrosa. El tono desilusionante y lleno de humor auto-destructivo de los tweets —aforismos en toda regla— que sirven de transición entre escenas nos prepara para adivinar la suerte que este desdichado correrá en su interacción con la realidad.
“New Tab” (Véhicule Press, 2014) ofrece una caracterización psicológica de personajes maravillosa que los hace completamente creíbles y adorables. El realismo también define la, digamos, “historia de amor” del protagonista con una chica más joven, editora desganada de un fanzine literario que todavía está atrapada en una relación anterior de dependencia. Pocas historias de amor contemporáneas me han resultado tan conmovedoras como la que aquí nos cuenta Guillaume Morissette, autor asociado con la emergencia de la escena Alt Lit canadiense. Mi identificación con los personajes ha sido enorme, gracias a su particular sabiduría para percibir y transmitir las dudas, los miedos, el absurdo, la inocencia y el desamparo de nuestras vidas en la segunda década del siglo XXI. Morissette es autor de la miscelánea de prosa y poesía, “I Am My Own Betrayal” (2012) y ha publicado en numerosos medios digitales.
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"NEW TAB", a novel by GUILLAUME MORISSETTE
Full recommendation for reading this novel in its original language, while awaiting an Spanish edition, for which I offer myself as a translator —if necessary. The protagonist and narrator is a video game designer in his thirties, unhappy with his work and his life in general. I mean, who suffers from low self-esteem, social isolation and anxiety, as any good person. He has the idea of returning to college in Montreal to study Creative Writing, so he moves home to share a house in rental with other students. In the attempt to re-invent himself, he makes new friends —-with one foot in real life and another one on Facebook—, he attends parties and raves, and flirts with alcohol and other drugs disastrously. The disappointing and full of self-destructive mood of tweets —aphorisms— acting as a transition between scenes prepares us to guess the fate of this unfortunate guy in its interaction with reality.
“New Tab” (Véhicule Press, 2014) offers a wonderful psychological characterization of characters that makes them completely believable and lovable. Realism also defines the protagonist’s “love story” with a younger girl, a desultory literary fanzine editor who is still trapped in a previous relationship of dependency. Few contemporary love stories I have found so poignant as this one, told by Guillaume Morissette, this new writter associated with the emergence of the Alt Lit scene in Canada. My identification with the characters has been tremendous, thanks to its particular wisdom to perceive and transmit the doubts, the fears, the absurd, the innocence and helplessness of our lives in the second decade of the century. Morissette is author of the miscellany of prose and poetry, “I Am My Own Betrayal” (2012) and has published in numerous digital media.
Full recommendation for reading this novel in its original language, while awaiting an Spanish edition, for which I offer myself as a translator —if necessary. The protagonist and narrator is a video game designer in his thirties, unhappy with his work and his life in general. I mean, who suffers from low self-esteem, social isolation and anxiety, as any good person. He has the idea of returning to college in Montreal to study Creative Writing, so he moves home to share a house in rental with other students. In the attempt to re-invent himself, he makes new friends —-with one foot in real life and another one on Facebook—, he attends parties and raves, and flirts with alcohol and other drugs disastrously. The disappointing and full of self-destructive mood of tweets —aphorisms— acting as a transition between scenes prepares us to guess the fate of this unfortunate guy in its interaction with reality.
“New Tab” (Véhicule Press, 2014) offers a wonderful psychological characterization of characters that makes them completely believable and lovable. Realism also defines the protagonist’s “love story” with a younger girl, a desultory literary fanzine editor who is still trapped in a previous relationship of dependency. Few contemporary love stories I have found so poignant as this one, told by Guillaume Morissette, this new writter associated with the emergence of the Alt Lit scene in Canada. My identification with the characters has been tremendous, thanks to its particular wisdom to perceive and transmit the doubts, the fears, the absurd, the innocence and helplessness of our lives in the second decade of the century. Morissette is author of the miscellany of prose and poetry, “I Am My Own Betrayal” (2012) and has published in numerous digital media.
-una reseña de José María Martínez / Tive, 2014
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