Naufragos, origami, posesion y ciencia: estos cuentos encarnan el punto de encuentro entre los horrores contemporaneos y los terrores antiguos.
Seis relatos de una belleza oscura que laten con tematicas perturbadoras: la legitimidad de la venganza, el incesto como medio de supervivencia, brujeria indigena versus tradicion japonesa, el cuerpo como la victima fatal que habitamos. Los cuentos de Rivero perforan al lector como una herida, ofreciendo tambien posibilidades de amor, justicia y esperanza. Narrados con un lirismo fragil y feroz, los cuentos de Tierra fresca de su tumba punzan los abismos del alma humana, y a la vez reforman los limites del gotico para incorporar ritos precolombinos, leyendas, ciencia ficcion y erotismo.
Shipwrecks, dive bars, possession, and science-this is where contemporary horrors and ancient terrors meet.
In Fresh Dirt from the Grave , a hillside is "an emerald saddle teeming with evil and beauty." It is this collision of harshness and tenderness that animates Giovanna Rivero's short stories, where no degree of darkness (buried bodies, lost children, wild paroxysms of violence) can take away from the gentleness she shows all violated creatures. A mad aunt haunts her family, two Bolivian children are left on the outskirts of a Metis reservation outside Winnipeg, a widow teaches origami in a women's prison and murders, housefires, and poisonings abound, but so does the persistent bravery of people trying to forge ahead in the face of the world. They are offered cruelty, often, indifference at best, and yet they keep going. Rivero has reworked the boundaries of the gothic to engage with pre-Columbian ritual, folk tales, sci-fi and eroticism, and found in the wound their humanity and the possibility of hope.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Rivero confidently and credibly gives voice to characters in harrowing situations." -Publishers Weekly
"These are visceral tales of betrayal both personal and societal, some of which cross over into the realm of the uncanny."" -Words Without Borders
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Praise for Giovanna Rivero
Along with Mariana Enriquez, one of the most creative and intense voices in the so-called New Latin American Gothic Realism.
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Höhe: 391 mm
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978-1-913867-53-9 (9781913867539)
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Giovanna Rivero nacio en la ciudad de Montero, Santa Cruz, en 1972. Es una cuentista y novelista boliviana. Es escritora y doctora en literatura hispanoamericana. En 2004, participo en el Iowa Writing Program y en 2006 fue premiada con la beca Fulbright que le permitio obtener una maestria en literatura latinoamericana de la Universidad de Florida. En 2014, paso a recibir un doctorado en la misma universidad.? En 2011, fue seleccionada por la Feria del Libro de Guadalajara como una de las 25 jovenes promesas de la literatura latinoamericana.Es autora de los libros de cuentos Las bestias (1997, Premio Municipal Santa Cruz), Contraluna (2005), Sangre dulce (2006), Ninas y detectives (2009) y Para comerte mejor (2015, Premio Dante Alighieri 2018). Tambien publico los libros juveniles La duena de nuestros suenos (2005), por el que recibio el Premio en Cuentos Franz Tamayo, y Lo mas oscuro del bosque (2015, Libro recomendado del ano por La Academia Boliviana de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil). Ha publicado cuatro novelas: Las camaleonas (2001), Tukzon (2008), Helena 2022 (2011) y 98 segundos sin sombra (2014, Premio Audiobook Narration y llevada al cine por el director boliviano Juan Pablo Richter).
Giovanna Rivero was born in the city of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 1972 and is a writer of short stories and novels. She holds a doctorate in Hispano-American literature. In 2004, she studied on the Iowa Writing Program and in 2006 she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship that enabled her to take a masters in Latin American literature at the University of Florida. In 2014, she received her doctorate from the same university.? In 2011, she was selected by the Guadalajara Book Fair as one of the 25 upcoming stars of Latin American literature.She is the author of the books of short stories Las bestias (1997, Premio Municipal Santa Cruz), Contraluna (2005), Sangre dulce (2006), Ninas y detectives (2009) and Para comerte mejor (2015, Premio Dante Alighieri 2018). She has also published the books for children La duena de nuestros suenos (2005), which received the Premio en Cuentos Franz Tamayo, and Lo mas oscuro del bosque (2015, recommended book of the year by the Bolivian Academy of Children's Literature). She has published four novels: Las camaleonas (2001), Tukzon (2008), Helena 2022 (2011) and 98 segundos sin sombra (2014, Premio Audiobook Narration and filmed by Bolivian director Juan Pablo Richter). Her literary work, which moves between horror literature and science fiction, is regarded as an immense contribution to the renovation of the fantastic genre in Latin America.
