Sandro's Girlfriend

This collection of short texts confirms Camila Sosa Villada's place among the leading voices of contemporary Latin American literature. She merges the sometimes terrible reality of marginalized characters with her magical and affectionate imagination. To unravel the mysteries of transvestite love, Camila Sosa Villada arms herself with her sweet voice and the amulets she has built and accumulated in the intensity of the night. Sometimes she loves, other times she hates, desires and is desired, pouring sadness and happiness into each of the bodies on which she spills her essence. Like a great sorceress, she generates carnivorous verses and docile plants, words that adorn the terraces on which her high heels reside. As readers, all we can do is watch her bleed, burn, and laugh at the world. Perhaps the memory of lost lovers hurts the least among all the offerings she brings us in "Sandro's Girlfriend." There is also the surrogate mother, the father's fatigue in his struggle against poverty, the lover's lover, and the friends who have already left. "Imagination is a contested territory and Camila Sosa Villada claims the right to occupy it." - Quatro cinco um.

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