Leche

by Darcey Steinke

Mary es una madre reciente transformada por el nacimiento de su bebé. Está encantada con la maternidad, pero al mismo tiempo se siente abandonada por su esposo. Mientras su niño duerme no sabe bien si arrodillarse a rezar dentro de un ropero o si fantasear sobre sexo. Busca refugio en su viejo amigo Walter, un cura episcopal solitario y gay, que lucha en privado contra sus propios deseos contradictorios. Walter todavía sufre por la muerte de su novio, y se descubre peligrosamente atraído por adolescentes quinceañeros. Entretanto Mary conoce a John, un monje que acaba de dejar su monasterio tras quince años de reclusión y que persigue ansiosamente relaciones íntimas con una mujer. Las vidas de estos tres personajes se cruzan en la novela en modos que revelan que incluso nuestros impulsos más turbios y confusos pueden rozar lo divino.

112 pages, Paperback

Published May 7, 2006

About the author

Darcey Steinke is an American author and educator known for her evocative novels and thoughtful nonfiction. She has written five novels, including Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves, Milk, and Sister Golden Hair. She is also the author of the spiritual memoir Easter Everywhere and Flash Count Diary, a meditation on menopause and natural life. Her fiction often explores the intersection of the spiritual and the physical, with two of her novels, Up Through the Water and Jesus Saves, selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Steinke has contributed essays and articles to publications such as The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Vogue, and The Guardian, and co-edited the essay collection Joyful Noise with Rick Moody. In addition to her writing career, she has taught creative writing at institutions like Princeton University, Columbia University, Barnard College, and the American University of Paris. Originally from Oneida, New York, and the daughter of a Lutheran minister, Steinke now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, journalist Michael Hudson, and their daughter. A former guitarist for the band Ruffian, she continues to explore the connections between art, spirit, and human experience through her work.