The women in Las que no duermen are insomniacs, but not by medical accident. They refuse to sleep because sleep is a surrender of control. In stories like “El armario de los espejos” (The Cabinet of Mirrors) and “El final del adiós” (The End of the Goodbye), Redondo explores the liminal space between midnight and dawn—the hour where repressed memories float to the surface.
Why name a horror collection after a liver condition? Because Redondo is obsessed with the organic, the internal, the poison that builds silently inside us. NASH is a disease of accumulation; it doesn’t strike like a knife, but like a slow, metabolic betrayal. Similarly, the horror in these stories isn't an external event—it is a toxin that the characters have been feeding themselves for years: guilt, denial, rage, and grief. As the title suggests, the protagonists of these short stories are almost exclusively women. But these are not victims. They are the vigilantes of the emotional underworld. Las Que No Duermen NASH - Dolores Redondo.epub
Here is a deep dive into the shadows of Redondo’s overlooked gem. First, let’s address the acronym. While the subtitle reads “The Women Who Don’t Sleep,” the “NASH” in the title is not a name but a medical term. In the context of the book, it stands for Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis —a severe form of fatty liver disease. The women in Las que no duermen are
There’s a specific kind of chill that comes from reading Dolores Redondo. It’s not the jump-scare horror of a slasher film, nor the gothic dread of a haunted house. It’s the cold, clinical terror of looking into a mirror and realizing the monster is already inside the room with you. Why name a horror collection after a liver condition