Malasangre
Creator: Michelle Roche Rodríguez
Title: Malasangre
Publisher: Editorial Anagrama
Date: 2020
Language: Spanish
Description: 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 dictatorship in power. The illness inclines her to violence against certain men and alienates her from her mother, whose strict Catholic beliefs are strong. As she matures, Diana will face the abuse of the boyfriend she is expected to marry, the brutality of her family, and the tyranny of the militaristic and religious patriarchy. However, the worst part is her involvement in the illicit activities and political conspiracies of her father's associates, which will lead her to the private chambers of the presidential palace. These are times of the oil revolution, and the general in command is named Juan Vicente Gómez, a milestone in Venezuelan history less because he lasted three decades in power than because during his time the country's two great institutions were established and strengthened: the armed forces and the rentier economy. Michelle Roche Rodríguez has written a powerful allegory that combines the fantastic and the historical, the exploration of sexuality and politics, the struggle to affirm one's identity as a woman in a sexist society, and vampirism as both reality and symbol. A seductive, captivating, and disturbing book about rebellion and transgression. A novel that plays with the horror genre, exploring new territories, taking it beyond the cliché path. (Publisher's synopsis, translated from the Spanish by Archivo Venezuela).
Subject: Vampires, Women, Venezuelan literature, dictatorship, gothic fiction, Michelle Roche Rodríguez
Type: Text
Format: Printed book
Rights: External resource
Relation:
Video interview with Michelle Roche Rodríguez (Spanish)
Interview with the author by Claudia Cavallin in Latin American Literature Today (Spanish)
Review by Juan Ángel Juristo in ABC Cultural (PDF, Spanish)
Review by J.A. Masoliver Ródenas in La Vanguardia Culturas (PDF, Spanish)
Review by J.J. Castillo in Crónicas Literarias (Spanish)
Review by Patricia Millán in Relatos en Construcción (Spanish)
Interview with the author by Diajanida Hernández in Prodavinci (Spanish)
Publisher's page at Anagrama (Spanish)
WorldCat bibliographic record
Identifier: OCLC: 1138930154 | ISBN: 9788433998903
Collection: Narrative fiction
Tags: coming-of-age, dark magic, feminist allegory, Fiction, Gothic horror, historical fantasy, Michelle Roche Rodríguez, oil boom, patriarchy, political corruption, vampire girl, Venezuela, Venezuela 1920s
Citation: Michelle Roche Rodríguez, Malasangre, Editorial Anagrama, 2020, OCLC: 1138930154 | ISBN: 9788433998903, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/1098