Overview
La tierra oculta reúne obras de Manuel Rivas que tienen en común la condición de literatura de la naturaleza, un manuscrito de la tierra, entendido como espacio real y simbólico de emergencia, abandono, crisis y lucha contra la extinción.
Este volumen incluye libros fundamentales de Rivas —Un millón de vacas, galardonado con el Premio de la Crítica española, Los comedores de patatas, y En salvaje compañía, Premio de la Crítica gallega— en una nueva edición revisada por el autor, e incluye también una antología de relatos titulada Los habitantes de la
dificultad. Todos ellos proponen una mirada al universo rural alejada del costumbrismo y pueden leerse como metáfora del mundo en que vivimos. Una literatura en la que todo habla, personas humanas y no humanas, y en la que la imaginación es una llave para adentrarse en la zona de sombra de la realidad.
La de La tierra oculta es una escritura anticipatoria, a contraviento, con el sello de un humor e ironía que retrata la injusticia o es vínculo en el desamparo. Un «camino de luciérnagas» que intenta desvelar lo que no está bien visto. Porque se ignora o porque desasosiega. Una obra de des-extinción.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
“In that seaside environment. At the edge of the cliff. Where words still want to express and not overpower, as beings of a wild nature, where life trembles with fear, amazement, or laughter. This is where I’m writing.”
The Hidden Land collects the works of Manuel Rivas that have in common a natural literary condition, being a manuscript of soil, understood as a real and symbolic space of emergency, abandonment, crisis, and a battle against extinction.
This volume includes Rivas’ essential works (One Million Cows, recipient of the Spanish Critics Award; The Potato Eaters, and In Wild Company, recipient of the Galician Critics Award) in a new edition, revised by the author. It also contains an anthology of short stories entitled The Inhabitants of Difficulty. All which suggest a look into the rural universe away from regionalism, and can be read as a metaphor for the world we live in. This is a literature in which everything has a voice, human and non-human, and in which imagination is key to walk into the shaded area of reality.
The narrative in The Hidden Land is anticipatory, upwind, with a stamp of humor and irony that portrays injustice or communicates helplessness. A “path of fireflies” trying to unveil what is frowned upon. Because it is unknown or because it disturbs. A work of de-extinction.
This book title, La tierra oculta / The Hidden Land, ISBN: 9788420454443, by Manuel Rivas, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (March 26, 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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