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El adiós de Telémaco : una rapsodia llamada Venezuela: antología
The recent spotlight that recently brights over venezuelan literature does justice to what is a first-rate verbal universe. Under the invocation of Telemachus, a Homeric character who embodies the figure of the son awaiting the return of his heroic…
El informe sobre Clara. Nochebosque
Paula Sorsky, a character who also appeared in Nochebosque (a novel included in this book) and later in Renacen las sombras (La Huerta Grande, 2021), goes to babysit eleven-year-old Osip during her vacation. Everything is easy. Perhaps too easy. On…
Atrás queda la tierra
A novel that tells us to not look away from the horror that everybody who is forced to migrate has to live. While her world crumbles completely, the narrator from Atrás queda la tierra connects a series of memories, words and images, to write a…
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…
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…
¡No, tú no!
"Tired of her mother's orders and of watching life pass by from behind the window, Roberta decides to embark on an adventure. As she ventures into the forest, she encounters a pair of monsters who, in order to let her play with them, challenge her…
Santiago se va
"Santiago Iribarren is a filmmaker/scientist who one day decides to tell his life story. To do so, he asks his best friend to help him record an autobiographical documentary. On the scheduled day, his friend arrives at the filming location, but…
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…
Feroces: compilación de autoras jóvenes venezolanas
Anthology of Short Stories Edited by Jacobo Villalobos.
FEROCES brings together furtive encounters with mythological creatures, twins violently attempting to merge back into one, a home that consumes the souls of its tenants, trapping them forever,…
Minerva
"Minerva tells the story of a young woman born into a polyamorous Venezuelan family with fluid sexuality, consisting of her mother, a fashion designer, and her two fathers: a former political prisoner of Franco’s dictatorship and a theater art…
Penínsulas rotas
"Grandmother Eloísa, a formidable woman and an avid participant in literary resistance circles. Grandfather Diego, a high-ranking military officer who conspires against the dictatorship while attempting to conceal his democratic past, alongside his…
Llévame esta noche
David de Sousa returns to Caracas to be with his ailing mother in what appears to be her final days. After several years away, his visit opens the door to a reflection that delves not only into death but also into desire, uprootedness, erudition and…