"Two Swedish scientists discovered on an island in the Atlantic Ocean a species of butterfly that has a reversed life cycle. That is, they are born butterflies and turn into caterpillars shortly before they die. Rumor has it that when it came time to name this extraordinary discovery, one of the scientists suggested the name 'human butterfly,' since - as he bitterly claimed - 'they are born free and drag themselves crawling to death.'" The Impossible Life of Eduardo Berti is a collection of miniature stories, literary items for collectors, made of the pure material from which fictional writing is created: invention, imagination, abstraction, a kind of "Borgeian machine" that tells stories without stopping, fabricating life out of its impossibility, confronting the great oxymoron of life and breaking it down into coins. Eduardo Berti, an Argentine writer who currently lives in Bordeaux, has written ten books to date without a single superfluous word, which have been translated into ten languages. His books have a rare combination of stylish writing, dealing with anomalies, subtle irony, and a discussion that seduces the reader with its lightness and originality. "For thirty years I read manuscripts for publication, and I have discovered only seven writers in my life: Eduardo Berti is the seventh." Hector Bianchiotti "One of the most talented and original writers writing in the Spanish language today." Alberto Mangel