Minerva

Creator: Keila Vall de la Ville

Title: Minerva

Date: 2023

Language: Spanish

Description: "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 director. Raised in a conservative, peripheral, and deeply divided country, Minerva learns early on to fight against prejudice and to navigate both inherited and self-imposed boundaries. The hostile environment of early 21st-century Venezuela forces her into exile in New York, where she pursues her dream of becoming a ballet dancer while working as a nude model for artists. Living alongside other migrants ultimately reveals to her the power of solidarity and emotional bonds as a path to both redemption and self-affirmation.
Minerva is a contemporary coming-of-age novel with a distinctly feminine voice" (Editorial Pre-Textos, translated from Spanish by Archivo Venezuela).

"Regal House Publishing is delighted to bring you the English translation of Keila Vall de la Ville’s Minerva in 2026."

Versión en español de esta entrada disponible en https://archivovenezuela.com/items/show/69.

Subject: Literature, Narrative, Migration, Homosexuality, Polyamorous Family, New York, Venezuela.

Type: Text

Format: Printed book

Rights: External reference

Relation:

Review by Claudia Cavallin published in Latin American Literature Today.

Keila Vall de la Ville: "Somos mucho más que cuerpo" (in Spanish)

Identifier: LIT0037

Collection: Narrative fiction

Tags: Homosexuality, Keila Vall de la Ville, Literature, Migration, Narrative, New York, Polyamorous Family, Venezuela

Citation: Keila Vall de la Ville, Minerva, Editorial Pre-textos, 2023, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/69