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A left-wing politician and victim of lawfare finds herself behind bars in a high-security prison deep in the Amazon. She calls herself Atusparia, after a nineteenth-century Peruvian indigenous leader and the staunchly communist school where she studied during the waning days of the Cold War. But love in the times of capitalism devolved into a spiral of drugs and frenzied sexual encounters that led her astray from her ideals, until she felt called back to her roots. A pilgrimage on foot to Lake Titicaca inspired her to rename herself after the revolutionary heroine of her youth. No precedents come to mind for Gabriela Wiener's latest novel. Atusparia is sui generis: satirical, auto-fictional and vaguely futuristic. Somewhere between social realism and poetic fantasy, Wiener takes her craft to new heights and shows us, in this post-indigenist "great Russian novel," how hierarchies and power struggles can corrode freedom movements from the inside.
Atusparia (Spanish Edition) - Paperback
$19.95
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$19.95
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by Gabriela Wiener (Author)
«Seguirle la pista a Wiener es uno de los pocos lujos que nos quedan . -Alejandro Zambra
Una pol?tica de izquierda v?ctima del lawfare se encuentra prisionera en una c?rcel de alta seguridad en las entra?as de la selva amaz?nica. Se hace llamar Atusparia, como el l?der de la resistencia ind?gena peruana del siglo XIX y como el delirante colegio comunista donde estudi? en los estertores de la Guerra Fr?a. El amor en tiempos del capitalismo la engulle en una espiral de drogas y sexualidad fren?tica que la alejar?n de los viejos ideales de su educaci?n hasta que el llamado de sus ra?ces la llevar?n a emprender un viaje al pie del lago Titicaca y a mimetizarse con el h?roe revolucionario de su infancia.
A left-wing politician and victim of lawfare finds herself behind bars in a high-security prison deep in the Amazon. She calls herself Atusparia, after a nineteenth-century Peruvian indigenous leader and the staunchly communist school where she studied during the waning days of the Cold War. But love in the times of capitalism devolved into a spiral of drugs and frenzied sexual encounters that led her astray from her ideals, until she felt called back to her roots. A pilgrimage on foot to Lake Titicaca inspired her to rename herself after the revolutionary heroine of her youth. No precedents come to mind for Gabriela Wiener's latest novel. Atusparia is sui generis: satirical, auto-fictional and vaguely futuristic. Somewhere between social realism and poetic fantasy, Wiener takes her craft to new heights and shows us, in this post-indigenist "great Russian novel," how hierarchies and power struggles can corrode freedom movements from the inside.
Author Biography
Gabriela Wiener Es escritora y periodista peruana residente en Madrid. Ha publicado los libros Sexograf?as, Llamada perdida, Nueve lunas, Huaco retrato y Dicen de m?, y los poemarios Ejercicios para el endurecimiento del esp?ritu y Una peque?a fiesta llamada eternidad. Sus primeras historias se publicaron en la revista de periodismo narrativo Etiqueta Negra. Fue columnista del New York Times en espa?ol, redactora jefa de Marie Claire en Espa?a y colaboradora en un gran n?mero de medios internacionales. Publica semanalmente una columna para p?blico. es. Gan? el Premio Nacional de periodismo de su pa?s con un reportaje sobre un caso de violencia de g?nero. Es creadora de varias performances que ha puesto en escena junto a su familia. Escribi? y protagoniz? la obra de teatro Qu? locura enamorarme yo de ti. Es parte de @Sudakasa, un proyecto colectivo de arte y escritura migrante. Undiscovered, la traducci?n al ingl?s de su novela Huaco retrato, fue finalista del Booker Prize Internacional 2024 y del PEN America.
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Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.87 x 8.93 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: February 18, 2025