His work has the lyric beauty of the best of Ray Bradbury
His style literally defies translation. It is lyrical, needle sharp, self depreciating, humble, and sly, all at the same time. Sadly, I don't think all that comes across when it's rendered in English. In any case, he makes you see Spanish as a very beautiful language. Relato de un Naúfrago, or "The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor: Who Drifted on a Liferaft for Ten Days Without Food or Water, Was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Publicity, and Then Spurned by the Government and Forgotten for All Time", is his best, and one of the best treats to read, IMHO.