Dolores Reyes

Miseria / Misery

LA CONSAGRACI N DE UNA DE LAS GRANDES SORPRESAS DE LA LITERATURA LATINOAMERICANA Por la autora de Cometierra, «una revelaci n lectora (Babelia) y uno de los mejores libros del a o para The New York Times, El Pa s y El Cultural, traducido a doce idiomas. «La escritura de Dolores Reyes es visceral y urgente, pero tambi n se inscribe en la tradici n m s poderosa del fant stico y el policial, al tiempo que piensa la violencia de g nero con enorme lucidez .--Mariana Enriquez «Me hab a jurado no volver a comer tierra y ahora me quema la lengua y me ruge el est mago reclam ndola. 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 m s. 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 econ mico, la anima a recuperar las visiones que le permit an 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 m s poderosa que ella. Solo cree poder confiar en la se o Ana, que por medio de sus sue os la gu a 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 Pa s, 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 Enr quez "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 nephew's birth, the son of her brother Walter and his girlfriend, Misery. It is precisely the latter who, seeing a profitable economic potential in Eartheater's 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 ally--Misery.