Miseria / Misery

LA CONSAGRACIN DE UNA DE LAS GRANDES SORPRESAS DE LA LITERATURA LATINOAMERICANA

Por la autora de Cometierra, una revelacin lectora (Babelia) y uno de los mejores libros del ao para The New York Times, El Pas y El Cultural, traducido a doce idiomas.

La escritura de Dolores Reyes es visceral y urgente, pero tambin se inscribe en la tradicin ms poderosa del fantstico y el policial, al tiempo que piensa la violencia de gnero con enorme lucidez.Mariana Enriquez

Me haba jurado no volver a comer tierra y ahora me quema la lengua y me ruge el estmago reclamndola. La tierra est llena de secretos pero no para m.

Cometierra ha elegido dos cosas: un barrio nuevo y no volver a usar su poder adivinatorio nunca ms. Rodeada de desconocidos, va saliendo poco a poco de su encierro y aprende a manejarse en su nuevo entorno, al tiempo que aguarda el nacimiento de su sobrino, hijo de su hermano Walter y de su novia, Miseria. Es precisamente esta ltima quien, al ver en el don de Cometierra un lucrativo potencial econmico, la anima a recuperar las visiones que le permitan encontrar a gente desaparecida. Para ello, tendr que resolver casos recientes y antiguos, desvelar secretos de su historia familiar y poner su vida en las manos de una bruja ms poderosa que ella. Solo cree poder confiar en la seo Ana, que por medio de sus sueos la gua y aconseja, pero pronto descubrir que ahora cuenta con nuevos amigos y una aliada incondicional: Miseria.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

THE ENSHRINEMENT OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SURPRISES IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE.

By the author of Eartheater, a reading revelation (Babelia) and one of the best books of the year according to The New York Times, El Pas, and El Cultural, translated into twelve languages.

Dolores Reyes narrative is intense and pressing, but it is also inscribed in the most powerful tradition of fantasy and crime fiction, all the while considering gender violence with immense lucidity. Mariana Enrquez

I had sworn never to eat earth again, and now it burns my tongue, and my stomach roars demanding. The earth is full of secrets, but not for me.

Eartheater has made two choices: moving to a new neighborhood and not using her prophetic powers ever again. Surrounded by strangers, little by little, she leaves her confinement and learns to handle herself in this new environment while waiting for her nephews birth, the son of her brother Walter and his girlfriend, Misery. It is precisely the latter who, seeing a profitable economic potential in Eartheaters gift, encourages her to restore the visions that allowed her to find missing people. To do so, she must solve recent and old cases, reveal secrets of her family history, and put her life in the hands of a witch more powerful than she. Eartheater thinks she can trust no one but Miss Ana, who guides and advises Eartheater in her dreams. But, she soon will discover that she now has new friends and an unconditional allyMisery.