Bøger af Angelica Gorodischer

An enchanting incantatory novel of the women whose lives pass through a nineteenth century boarding house. Moving, subtle, and dreamlike.

Jaguars Tomb is a novel in three parts, written by three interconnected characters. Part one, Hidden Variables by Mara Celina Igarzbal, is narrated by Bruno Seguer. Seguer in turn is the author of the second part, Recounting from Zero (Contar desde zero), in which Evelynne Harrington, author of the third, is a central character. Harrington, finally, is the author of Uncertainty (La incertidumbre), whose protagonist is the dying Igarzbal. Each of the three parts revolves around the octagonal room that is alternately the jaguars tomb, the central space of the torture center, and the heart of an abandoned house that hides an adulterous affair. The novel, by Argentine author Angelica Gorodischer, is both an intriguing puzzle and a meditation on how to write about, or through, violence, injustice, and loss. Among Gorodischers many novels, Jaguars Tomb most directly addresses the abductions and disappearances that occurred under the Argentine military dictatorship of 197683. This is the fourth of Gorodischers books translated into English. The first, Kalpa Imperialtranslated by Ursula Le Guinwas selected for the New York Times summer reading list in 2003.

'A kind of magical realism for science fiction ... Quite, quite brilliant' TorPart pulp adventure, part otherworldly meditation, this is the story of Trafalgar Medrano: intergalactic trader and lover of bitter coffee and black cigarettes. In the bars and caf s of Rosario, Argentina, he recounts tall tales of his space escapades - involving, among other things, time travel and dancing troglodytes.'A unique brand of science fiction ... unlike anything I've ever read' Los Angeles Review of Books

Don't rush Trafalgar Medrano when he starts telling you about his latest intergalactic sales trip. He likes to stretch things out over precisely seven coffees. No one knows whether he actu-ally travels to the stars, but he tells the best tall tales in the city, so why doubt him? Trafalgar is Anglica Gorodischer's second novel to be translated into English. Her first, Kalpa Imperial, was selected for the New York Times summer reading list. Anglica Gorodischer lives in Rosario, Argentina. She has received many awards, most recently the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.