Cuentos completos y uno mas

by Luisa Valenzuela

Aquí todo está en guerra. No sólo hay muchas historias que se desarrollan en los años de la llamada Guerra Sucia en el Cono Sur, sino también guerra entre parejas, guerra de viejos contra la vejez, de jóvenes contra la inmadurez, del erotismo contra la muerte, de mujeres contra su fisiología, de transexuales contra andróginos, del compromiso contra el desinterés, del lenguaje contra sí mismo. Y de estas batallas surgen importantes preguntas. Todo esto bañado por una malicia, mucha astucia, una capacidad de travesura y un rigor sin paralelo entre narradores contemporáneos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

World-renowned author Luisa Valenzuela presents a collection of her best short stories, in Cuentos Completos y uno ms. In her stories, her cunning and mischievous attitude about life is reflected in her writting. She sees live as a the war between couples; the war of the elderly againg; the war of the young against immaturity; and many more. Through these battles, Valenzuela raises many important questions about life.

574 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1998

About the author

Luisa Valenzuela is a post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental, avant-garde style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She is best known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. Works such as Como en la guerra (1977), Cambio de armas (1982) and Cola de lagartija (1983) combine a powerful critique of dictatorship with an examination of patriarchal forms of social organization and the power structures which inhere in human sexuality and gender relationships.