Cartografía de las vírgenes is a moving and ingenious book that reclaims the memory of the neighborhood that lives within us. it revives the legends and gossip of neighbors, the shared fears, the promises of a better future, and the youth who struggles to remain rebellious while embracing their innocence.

the neighborhood map depicted on these pages is drawn through the murals of virgins and the street memories, from a wall decorated with the faces of fallen gang members, from clandestine concerts, the smell of fried food, the sound of children's laughter as they still play soccer in the street, from the slowed-down cumbias at a sound system party, from gunshots aimed at the heart of some god up in heaven, and from the fireworks of the patron saint festivals.

instead of picking up a spray can or composing a catchy rap song, Daniel Aguilar draws a literary map and offers us a walk through streets that, even if they aren't our own, are very familiar to us.

this book, in addition to the excellent short stories that make up the anthology, includes the story "Cada mañana mi casa está vacía," which received an honorable mention at the León Literature Awards 2022.

• Spanish
• 168 pages
• contemporary fiction, urban fiction

Daniel Aguilar Torres (León, 1995) is a cultural manager and writer. He holds a degree in Culture and Art from the University of Guanajuato. he is a member of Retransmisión, an independent film management collective. in 2020, he won first place in the 4th Los Cabos International Film Festival Film Criticism Contest. he is the co-founder and programmer of Docu Film León, an International Documentary Film Showcase. he currently programs films for the film club at the "Diego Rivera" Cultural Center.

as a writer, he was selected to participate in the Efrén Hernández Short Story Seminar of the Guanajuato Fund for Literature (2019–2020). in 2022, he received an Honorable Mention in the "Short Story" category of the León Literature Awards.  his writings have appeared in various publications.