Overview
Esta edición bilingüe español/zoque reivindica el derecho de narrar(se) —y existir— desde el lenguaje propio.
Terrores cotidianos reúne diez relatos en español y en zoque que, en conjunto, tejen el retrato de un pueblo entero —que puede ser Copainalá, en Chiapas, o cualquier otro— y narran la vida de Pablo Cundapí: un joven homosexual que enfrenta su identidad y las contradicciones que esa lucha despierta.
Con cada cuento, Jaime Sakäsmä construye un caleidoscopio narrativo sobre las tensiones que atraviesa una comunidad machista y tradicional: la homofobia, los roles de poder, la violencia doméstica, el patriarcado y el deseo reprimido. Este es un libro poderoso y desconcertante a partes iguales.
Con una prosa que insinúa más de lo que revela, el autor da forma a los terrores que habitan la intimidad y vuelve visible aquello que suele permanecer en silencio, mostrando el costo de romper las reglas que gobiernan cuerpos y afectos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
This bilingual Spanish/Zoque edition affirms the right to tell one’s story—and to exist—in one’s own language.
Everyday Terrors brings together ten stories in Spanish and Zoque that collectively weave the portrait of an entire community—one that could be Copainalá, Chiapas, or any other town—while tracing the life of Pablo Cundapí, a young gay man confronting his identity and the contradictions that his struggle lays bare.
With each story, Jaime Sakäsmä creates a narrative kaleidoscope of the tensions that shape a deeply traditional, patriarchal community: homophobia, power dynamics, domestic violence, rigid gender roles, and repressed desire. This is a book that is as unsettling as it is powerful.
In prose that suggests more than it reveals, the author gives shape to the everyday terrors hidden within intimate life, bringing into view what so often remains unspoken and revealing the cost of defying the rules that govern bodies, identities, and love.
Terrores cotidianos reúne diez relatos en español y en zoque que, en conjunto, tejen el retrato de un pueblo entero —que puede ser Copainalá, en Chiapas, o cualquier otro— y narran la vida de Pablo Cundapí: un joven homosexual que enfrenta su identidad y las contradicciones que esa lucha despierta.
Con cada cuento, Jaime Sakäsmä construye un caleidoscopio narrativo sobre las tensiones que atraviesa una comunidad machista y tradicional: la homofobia, los roles de poder, la violencia doméstica, el patriarcado y el deseo reprimido. Este es un libro poderoso y desconcertante a partes iguales.
Con una prosa que insinúa más de lo que revela, el autor da forma a los terrores que habitan la intimidad y vuelve visible aquello que suele permanecer en silencio, mostrando el costo de romper las reglas que gobiernan cuerpos y afectos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
This bilingual Spanish/Zoque edition affirms the right to tell one’s story—and to exist—in one’s own language.
Everyday Terrors brings together ten stories in Spanish and Zoque that collectively weave the portrait of an entire community—one that could be Copainalá, Chiapas, or any other town—while tracing the life of Pablo Cundapí, a young gay man confronting his identity and the contradictions that his struggle lays bare.
With each story, Jaime Sakäsmä creates a narrative kaleidoscope of the tensions that shape a deeply traditional, patriarchal community: homophobia, power dynamics, domestic violence, rigid gender roles, and repressed desire. This is a book that is as unsettling as it is powerful.
In prose that suggests more than it reveals, the author gives shape to the everyday terrors hidden within intimate life, bringing into view what so often remains unspoken and revealing the cost of defying the rules that govern bodies, identities, and love.
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