Compensations

Four tales hovering between magical realism and ordinary unreality, where physical, affective and spiritual needs, to be compensated, depend on what the world can offer."e;Da Capo"e; - a violinist suffers an accident andloses part of his hand. Although new technologies offer somesolutions, sometimes a personmust accept the irreparable."e;A match of chess"e; - the efforts of an accomplished chess player in his self-imposed quest to beat an unknown opponent."e;The multi-pointed stars"e; - influenced by H. P. Lovecraft, the talerecounts the efforts of an investigation team trying to solve the mystery of some brutal killings - including the difficulty of differentiating responsibilities from obligations and beliefs from facts."e;Brussels"e; - a great friendship seems unable to lose its strength even with the distance that separates it, the failures of early adulthood, time, reality or travelling on a shoestring budget.