Selva Almada Boeken

Dit onstuimige Argentijnse liefdesverhaal van twee zoons uit rivaliserende families, begint met een ­tragisch einde. Pájaro Tamai en Marciano Miranda zijn de confrontatie met elkaar aangegaan. De jarenlange vete tussen de Tamais en de Miranda’s heeft de twee pater familae tegen elkaar opgezet en leidt tot een dodelijke ­ontknoping. Ondanks de wrok en ruzie tussen de twee ­families ontspringt er liefde tussen Pájaro en Ángel, de ­zonen uit de steenbakkersfamilies. De steenbakkers van El Chaco vertelt over gepassioneerde, heftige relaties tussen familie en vrienden, gesitueerd in een wereld vol vijandigheid en heetgebakerde mannen. Waar eenzame kinderen zichzelf opvoeden in een verdord landschap waar de zon meedogenloos aan de hemel brandt.

Not a police chronicle, not a thriller, but a contemporary noir novel of the ongoing catastrophe of femicide and the murder of three young women in interior of Argentina.

Set in rural Argentina, "Not a River" explores the cruelty and violence of the male universe through the secret pacts and alliances among men. January and Negro take Tilo, the teenage son of their deceased friend Eusebio, fishing. As they drink, cook, talk, and dance, they grapple with the ghosts of the past and present, which blur together in the haze of wine and heat. A web intertwines reality and dreams, facts and conjectures, with elements of island life, water, night, fire, fish, and insects. This novel flows like a river, embodying a long conversation or the affection between loved ones: mothers, sons, brothers, lovers, and godchildren. With "Not a River," Selva Almada completes her trilogy on men, which began with "The Wind That Sweeps" and was followed by "Brickmakers." In this masterful novel, her distinctive narrative style and extraordinary sensitivity allow characters to express what lies deep within their souls, far from their own lives.

La 4ème de couv. indique : "The Wind That Lays Waste begins in the great pause before a storm. Reverend Pearson is evangelizing across the Argentinian countryside with Leni, his teenage daughter, when their car breaks down. This act of God or fate leads them to the workshop and home of an aging mechanic called Gringo Brauer and a young boy named Tapioca. As a long day passes, curiosity and intrigue transform into an unexpected intimacy between four people: one man who believes deeply in God, morality, and his own righteousness, and another whose life experiences have only entrenched his moral relativism and mild apathy; a quietly earnest and idealistic mechanics assistant, and a restless, sceptical preachers daughter. As tensions between these characters ebb and flow, beliefs are questioned and allegiances are tested, until finally the growing storm breaks over the plains.."