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Luisa Valenzuela

Born

in Buenos Aires, Argentina

November 26, 1938

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies

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Luisa Valenzuela is a post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental, avant-garde style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She is best known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. Works such as Como en la guerra (1977), Cambio de armas (1982) and Cola de lagartija (1983) combine a powerful critique of dictatorship with an examination of patriarchal forms of social organization and the power structures which inhere in human sexuality and gender relationships. ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 2,846 ratings · 419 reviews · 110 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cambio de armas 4.05 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1982 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America by Luisa Valenzuela, Robert Shapard (Editor), James Thomas (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Censors: A Bilingual Selection of Stories by Luisa Valenzuela, Hortense Carpentier (Translator), J. Jorge Castillo (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lizard's Tail 3.53 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1983 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Novel with Argentines by Luisa Valenzuela, Toby Talbot (Translator) 3.29 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1990 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Who Searches by Luisa Valenzuela, Helen R. Lane (Translator) 3.43 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Symmetries: Stories by Luisa Valenzuela, Margaret Jull Costa 3.95 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bedside Manners (High Risk Books) by Luisa Valenzuela, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aquí pasan cosas raras 3.90 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1979 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hay que sonreír by Luisa Valenzuela, Fondo de Cultura Económica (Editor) 3.54 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Me parece que la duda y la incertidumbre son mucho más importantes que el tener razón.”
― Luisa Valenzuela, El Mañana

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“In a world of beings who don't exist, who self-destruct and erase themselves, perhaps one should make a valiant effort to at least draw oneself. Maybe that's where all the sex comes from- to feel real.”
― Luisa Valenzuela, Dark Desires and the Others

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“The act of writing and the act of love… are one and the same. Equivalent enquiry, similar search.”
― Luisa Valenzuela

tags: love, writing

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