Overview
Una novela sobre la animalidad del deseo y el miedo a nombrar
Ā«Infalible y con un devenir arrasador, El celo contiene algunos de los pasajes mĆ”s bellos de la autora. [...] Este libro esperadĆsimo es digno de celebraciĆ³nĀ». -Elisa Victoria
Ā«Urraca cuenta nuestras historias: las de todas las perras rabiosasĀ». -MarĆa Fernanda Ampuero
La noche en que encontrĆ³ a la Perra, la Humana estaba drogada. Por eso dejĆ³ que la siguiera a casa. Ahora convive con un animal que se va llenando de toda la energĆa que a ella le falta, y al que de pronto le viene un celo incontrolable. La Humana tiene treintaidĆ³s aƱos, pero ya no desea. EstĆ” en la vida, pero no la ejerce. LlegĆ³ a la ciudad hace poco, huyendo de sus dĆas en el campo con un novio que tenĆa. Sufre extraƱos sĆntomas, temblores, moratones que aparecen solos. Un dĆa se agacha a atarse los cordones de los zapatos y descubre que no puede. La Humana teme una maldiciĆ³n que avanza. Para que el psiquiatra acceda a recetarle mĆ”s ansiolĆticos tendrĆ” que asistir a una terapia de grupo. AllĆ conocerĆ” a Mecha, una mujer fascinante que se convierte, junto con la Perra, en un animal difĆcil de salvar.
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El celo es una historia sobre domesticaciĆ³n, maldiciones, la animalidad del deseo, el miedo como herencia y el poder de los cuentos. Poltergeists, perros enloquecidos y una historia familiar que se construye a mordiscos y silencios.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
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A novel about the animality of desire and the fear of naming
The night she met the Dog, the Human was on drugs. Thatās why she let her follow her home.Ā Now she shares her home with an animal that saps her of her energy and is uncontrollably jealous. The Human is just thirty-two years old, but she no longer has desires. She inhabits her life but doesnāt live it. She is new to the city, having fled her rural home to escape an old boyfriend. She suffers strange symptoms: tremors, unexplained bruises. One day, she bends down to tie her shoelaces and discovers she canāt do it. The Human is afraid that a great evil is coming. Her psychiatrist wonāt prescribe her more anxiety medication unless she goes to group therapy. There she meets Mecha, a fascinating woman who, like the Dog, turns out not to be as easy to rescue as she first thought.
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Jealousy is a novel about curses, domestication, the animality of desire, inherited fears and the power of stories. Poltergeists, mad dogs and a family history built on fragments and silences.
This book title, El celo / Jealousy, ISBN: 9788420476889, by Sabina Urraca, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (September 17, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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