Overview
Ā«Un libro luminoso. Enhebra una bĆŗsqueda preciosa para narrar de forma Ćŗnica y diferente todo aquello que nos atraviesa y nos dueleĀ». āMarĆa SĆ”nchez
Mientras su madre muere de cƔncer en una ciudad del norte, la narradora hace el amor con una mujer en un hotel de Barcelona. Tiene un vuelo para visitar a su madre la maƱana siguiente, pero ya llegarƔ tarde. Poco despuƩs, su amante desaparece de forma brusca y definitiva. Cuando su pareja vuelve de Londres para instalarse con ella en un pequeƱo apartamento junto al mar, esta intenta ser la calma que sostenga la angustia de un cuerpo que llora a una madre y anhela a una amante.
Ā«Amar es amar siempre despuĆ©s de mi madre. No puedo hablar con mamĆ”, tampoco con Ella. Mi vida se ha suspendido con la interrupciĆ³n de esas dos conversacionesĀ». La autora retoma ese diĆ”logo en este libro para indagar en las aristas del abandono y el anhelo y tratar de entender a una madre que marcĆ³ la vida y las maneras de su hija con su arrolladora forma de amar.
El debut narrativo de la premiada poeta Sara Torres conjuga lirismo y honestidad para navegar el duelo, el amor y el deseo, su bĆŗsqueda y su pĆ©rdida. El resultado de la travesĆa es un mapa de las grietas que nos hacen humanos; una invitaciĆ³n a acariciar sin miedo los surcos que nos conforman.
ENSGLISH DESCRIPTION
The long-awaited narrative debut of award-winning poet Sara Torres: a memoir about mourning, desire and love between women, mothers, and daughters.
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āA luminous book. It weaves together, in a preciously and uniquely narrative, everything crossing and hurting us.ā āMaria Sanchez
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While her mother dies of cancer in a northern city, the protagonist is making love with a woman in a hotel in Barcelona. She will catch a flight to visit her mother the next morning, but she is already late. Shortly after, her lover abruptly and definitively disappears. Her partner returns from London to live with her in a small apartment by the sea, trying to calm and sustain her, while she cries for a mother and longs for a lover.
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āTo love is to love always after my mother. I canāt talk to mom, and I canāt talk to Her either. My life has been suspended by the interruption of those two conversations.ā The author catches up on these dialogues, investigating the limits of abandonment and longing, trying to understand a mother who marked the life of her daughter with her overwhelming way of loving.
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The narrative debut of award-winning poet Sara Torres combines lyricism and honesty to navigate grief, love and desire, her quests and her losses. The result of this journey is a map of the many cracks that make us human; an invitation to caress without fear the scars that make us who we are.
This book title, Lo que hay / What It Is, ISBN: 9788417910969, by Sara Torres, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (August 23, 2022) 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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