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Cometierra / Dolores Reyes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperCollinsEspanol, 2021Edition: Primera ediciaonDescription: 205 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063069886
  • 0063069881
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth as compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mothers death. Disturbed by what she witnesses, the woman keeps her visions to herself. But when Earth-eater begins an unlikely relationship with a withdrawn police officer, word of her ability begins to spread, and soon desperate members of her community beg for her help, anxious to uncover the truth about their own loved ones. Surreal and haunting, spare yet complex, Earth-eater is a dark, emotionally resonant tale told from a feminist perspective that brilliantly explores the stories of those left behind, the women enduring the pain of uncertainty, whose lives have been shaped by violence and loss.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library World Languages Collection REYES, DOLORES Spanish Available 33111009784931
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

«La escritura de Dolores Reyes es visceral y urgente, pero también se inscribe en la tradición más poderosa del fantástico y el policial, al tiempo que piensa la violencia de género con enorme lucidez». -Mariana Enríquez, autora de Nuestra parte de noche

Cuando era chica, Cometierra tragó tierra y supo en una visión que su papá había matado a golpes a su mamá. Esa fue solo la primera de las visiones. Nacer con un don implica una responsabilidad hacia los otros y a Cometierra le tocó uno que hace su vida doblemente difícil, porque vive en un barrio en donde la violencia, el desamparo y la injusticia brotan en cada rincón y porque allí las principales víctimas son las mujeres. En la persecución de la verdad, en el descubrimiento del amor, en el cuidado entre hermanos, Cometierra buscará su propio camino.

La primera novela de Dolores Reyes, terrible y luminosa, dulce y brutal, ha sido unánimemente reconocida como uno de los debuts más originales entre de la literatura latinoamericana actual y será traducida a ocho idiomas.

La voz de Cometierra nos llega a lo más hondo y permanece con nosotros mucho después de terminar la última página.

Dolores Reyes nació en Buenos Aires. Es docente, feminista, activista y madre de siete hijos. Estudió letras clásicas en la Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth as compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mothers death. Disturbed by what she witnesses, the woman keeps her visions to herself. But when Earth-eater begins an unlikely relationship with a withdrawn police officer, word of her ability begins to spread, and soon desperate members of her community beg for her help, anxious to uncover the truth about their own loved ones. Surreal and haunting, spare yet complex, Earth-eater is a dark, emotionally resonant tale told from a feminist perspective that brilliantly explores the stories of those left behind, the women enduring the pain of uncertainty, whose lives have been shaped by violence and loss.

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