«The bet of a young narrator to integrate into the short narrative is, in the current Mexican panorama, a remarkable adventure. When, in addition, he does it with the seriousness, enthusiasm and skill of Bladimir Ramírez, we could even talk about a reason to celebrate. Endurance Test, his first book of short stories, is proof of this assertion. Tense stories, without concessions, that reach into the dark corners of the human spirit and take care of reflecting those open wounds that our society sustains with certain vulnerable populations.

The exploration of sexuality —particularly, the first homosexual relationships—, as well as the vicissitudes that are experienced in the communities of semi-rural Jalisco, form the great plot landscape of these eleven stories, where it is easy to find the echo of authors such as Pedro Lemebel and Reinaldo Arenas. However, along with these issues of great relevance today, the narrative tradition of the south of Jalisco also beats, a storytelling area par excellence, to which Bladimir appears worthily as a new member.

Whoever gets into these stories can not get out unscathed. On the one hand, he will face the reality of a Mexico full of discrimination, of childhoods hurt by a violent integration into the daily reality of our country. But also, and this is an achievement, you will find a luminous humor, which will shed its light on each of the wounds that the book, in its sharp constellations, manages to inflict on the readers».