Llanto. Novelas imposibles

by Carmen Boullosa

Book by Carmen Boullosa

122 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Carmen Boullosa (b. September 4, 1954 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a leading Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work is eclectic and difficult to categorize, but it generally focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. Her work has been praised by a number of prominent writers, including Carlos Fuentes, Alma Guillermoprieto and Elena Poniatowska, as well as publications such as Publishers Weekly. She has won a number of awards for her works, and has taught at universities such as Georgetown University, Columbia University and New York University (NYU), as well as at universities in nearly a dozen other countries. She is currently Distinguished Lecturer at the City College of New York. She has two children -- Maria Aura and Juan Aura -- with her former partner, Alejandro Aura --and is now married to Mike Wallace, the Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Perla Delgado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó mucho la forma en que la autora narra y combina el presente y el pasado. Es una reinterpretación a manera de novela de la conquista de México y una propuesta, pocas veces mostrada al público, de quién fue Moctezuma (Motecuzoma) y de su muerte.

Tristemente siento que no he entendido todo correctamente, pero quizá sea porque a veces no me pude concentrar lo suficiente y perdía el hilo de lo que pasaba, pero de cualquier manera creo que vale mucho la pena.

[nojuzgo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un (intento) de novela por muchos narradores, una escritora que nos muestra su desesperación por la verdad en fragmentos, un proyecto de escritura, de verdades no contadas, versiones de un pasado escrito con intenciones claras. De todo lo que he leído de novela de conquista, mi favorita. (Para pacientes, diría).