Contradeseo / Counter-Desire - Esquivel, Gloria Susana
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"Silvia breaks up with her fiancâe, ending all hope of legalizing her immigration status. Heartbroken and with nowhere to go, she turns to the only friends she has left, crashing on Javier and Teresa's pullout couch in exchange for cleaning their tiny apartment. During those bleak winter days in an apartment littered with unopened wedding gifts, tensions emerge that will test the bounds of work and sex. Readers will find it impossible to look away as the author probes the dynamics that develop among this trio of young adults trapped in a world as merciless as it is banal. Well-paced and filled…mehr

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"Silvia breaks up with her fiancâe, ending all hope of legalizing her immigration status. Heartbroken and with nowhere to go, she turns to the only friends she has left, crashing on Javier and Teresa's pullout couch in exchange for cleaning their tiny apartment. During those bleak winter days in an apartment littered with unopened wedding gifts, tensions emerge that will test the bounds of work and sex. Readers will find it impossible to look away as the author probes the dynamics that develop among this trio of young adults trapped in a world as merciless as it is banal. Well-paced and filled with beauty, Counter-desire confirms Gloria Susana Esquivel as one of Colombia's most interesting contemporary authors." --
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Gloria Susana Esquivel: Periodista, escritora, traductora y poeta. Ha colaborado en medios colombianos e internacionales. Es la conductora de Womansplaining, un podcast sobre feminismo y cultura en colaboración con la revista 070. Sus poemas han sido publicados en el Periódico de Poesía de la unam, la revista Palabras Errantes y la revista Matera. Sus cuentos han aparecido en la antología de narrativa colombiana Puñalada trapera (Rey Naranjo, 2017) y en la Revista Casa de las Américas. Realizó un máster en Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Nueva York (nyu). Es profesora de la maestría de Escritura Creativa del Instituto Caro y Cuervo. Ha publicado el poemario El lado salvaje (Cardumen, 2016) y la novela Animales del fin del mundo (Alfaguara, 2017; Neón Ediciones, 2017; University of Texas Press, 2020) y el libro de no ficción ¡Dinamita! mujeres rebeldes en la Colombia del siglo XX (Lumen 2020). Desde 2009 tiene un proyecto de escritura personal que puede leerse en http: //juradopormadonna.tumblr.com/archive