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Ficción adulterada: pasiones ilícitas del entresiglo venezolano
For those who understand the late 19th-century Latin American novel as a foundational genre—where literature and nation are forged in close dialogue—Ficción adulterada by Nathalie Bouzaglo poses a challenge. It is no surprise that adultery, as a…
Malasangre
Venezuela, 1921. Diana, the fourteen-year-old daughter of an elitist family from Caracas, discovers she has inherited the hematophagy disorder from her father, a moneylender and landowner, occupations he pursues thanks to his connection to the…
El revuelo de los insectos
Two men in uniform flee through a tangled jungle. They are deserters. They are lovers. Lovers fleeing toward freedom as they enter each other's prison. A first image as paradoxical as the fact that man can make time move forward by delving into the…
Que hacer un domingo
What to Do on a Sunday? follows a week in the lives of six friends whose original way of living revolves around art and adventure. Sitja’s work in this book is highly distinctive—deeply personal yet completely universal. The atmosphere he creates,…
Los terneros
Taxidermist painters shipwrecked in a hostile society, blind men who know the urban labyrinths, naked motorcyclists riding through city avenues, foreigners learning a language through confession, dying pilots finding rest in the writings of…
Los escapistas
"In Los escapistas by Fedosy Santaella, readers will find themselves astonished, frightened, enraged, amused, and ultimately drawn back into the intricate map of escapes, stumbles, and chance encounters that define every existence. Each story in this…
La Soledad
"The inspiration for filming La Soledad comes from the director’s childhood experiences at his grandparents’ family home in Caracas, Venezuela. After spending years abroad, he returned to the country to shoot a film in that house—a work that…
Los verdaderos paraísos
"A young man arrives in a remote Brazilian town following the trail of a little-known episode in the life of writer Albert Camus. In that small village, he becomes part of the daily routines of a boarding house run by an elderly Japanese woman, who…
La edad del búfalo
"How many times can the temperature of a story change? As many times as Javier Guedez wants. His tales of the sweltering Caribbean are told with the rhythm of a street party—with its scents, its flavors, and its mysteries—that, all of a sudden, leave…
Expiatorio
"The narrative voices in Expiatorio are skillfully developed to guide the reader through geographic spaces significant to the author's own biography (Valencia, Bogotá, Valle del Cauca). However, many of these journeys also allow the reader to assign…
Algo habla con mi voz
Winner of the Universidad Central Novel Contest in 2019
*"How does a Venezuelan migrant survive in Bogotá while besieged by depression and the voice of madness, trapped in a fractured marriage, with a child who dries her tears, and whose only source…
Figuras
Synopsis
"A single path connects the town to the asylum, but it is no ordinary road. The route consists of numbered squares, and to cross it, one must follow the order and obey the rules. 'Do not step out of your squares.' 'Running is strictly…
Hopper y el fin del mundo
"They say that in the end, only a single candle will remain, and when its flame goes out, there will be no more light to see. Fire will have vanished from the face of the earth, light will become a great myth, and there will be no eye to see or to…
Molokotov
"The novel, awarded the 2020 Rosario Castellanos International Short Novel Prize, tells the story of Dolores Alcántara, a Venezuelan reporter based in Mexico during pandemic times. To this crisis—which triggers a hurried return to her country—are…
Abecedario del estío
"In Abecedario del estío, Liliana Lara uses the letters of the alphabet as a starting point for the stories that make up this volume. Situations and reflections that oscillate between fiction and reminiscence serve as the primary elements that shape…
Desordenadas
The protagonists of these stories lead chaotic lives—women of opposing emotions, unfulfilled romances, and bodies that exude existential frustrations. They embrace uncertainty over the logic of a predictable daily routine, living on the edge of…
La sonrisa de los hipopótamos
"Juan Carlos Chirinos has brought together in this volume eleven texts that were previously scattered across various anthologies published in Europe and the Americas. The common thread, as the author himself states, is "a voice beyond the voice I…
Botella imposible
Botella imposible is also a kind of micro bildungsroman, divided into three parts: the first, titled El niño siempre quiere huir (The child always wants to run away); the second, Era la primera vez que me dejaban salir solo… (It was the first time…
Lo irreparable
Lo irreparable, the third short story collection by Gabriel Payares, presents love not as a discovery or a personal treasure but as a force of nature—whimsical, voracious, and, above all, violent. Comprising eight stories that reaffirm his place in…
Amar a Olga
"He lives with Marina in an apartment where the sound of police and ambulance sirens echoes daily. The country he finds himself in has become a state of turmoil, mirroring the deterioration of his weary relationship. Their breakup accelerates as he…