Corredora

by María Reimóndez

Genet Mullugueta naceu nunha aldea de North Wolloh en Etiopía. Dende noviña o que máis lle gustaba era correr e correr polo ventre da montaña. Mais a fame, a guerra e a figura do pai obrígana a acompañar a súa nai e a pedir esmola polas rúas inseguras e caóticas de Addis Abeba.

Alí, vendendo panos nos cruzamentos, Genet coñeceu a Abebe, un médico e voluntario da federación de atletismo que, sorprendido coa súa resistencia e velocidade, lle propón adestrar en Meskel Square. Dende entón, a súa vida mudará, como a doutras nenas, mozas e mulleres etíopes que corren contra si mesmas sen fin.

Corredora é unha historia colectiva de superación deportiva. Recolle a tradición atlética de Etiopía na busca activa de talentos entre as crianzas do rural ou empobrecidas nas cidades.

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First published May 1, 2017

About the author

María Reimóndez Meilán was born in Lugo and is a professional translator and interpreter. Her first book published is the poetry collection Moda Galega (Edicións Positivas, 2002). In 2003 she was awarded the Premio de Novela Mulleres Progresistas de Vigo for the novel O Caderno de Bitácora (Edicións Positivas 2004). In 2005 she was short-listed for the awards Premio Merlín de Literatura Infantil for Usha (Edicións Xerais, 2006) and Xerais for O club da calceta (Xerais 2006), which was later awarded the Premio San Clemente and translated into Italian and Spanish, adapted to theatre by Teatro do Morcego and to film by Ficción Producciones.

She has also published six books for children on different Galician counties with Editorial Everest. Recently, she also published Lía e as zapatillas de deporte (Xerais 2008), Premio Frei Martín Sarmiento 2010 and O Monstro das palabras(Xerais 2009) for children, and Pirata (Xerais 2009) for adults. Reimóndez is also a well established literary translator, especially of children’s literature with over twelve books published, besides Erín Moure’s poetry collection Teatriños or the theatre play Kvetch staged in Galician by Teatro do Morcego . In 2011 she published Despois da medianoitea translation of Tamil author Salma’s The Hour Past Mid-Night. In 2009 she was granted the translation award Plácido Castro for her translation of A historia de Mary Prince, unha escrava das Illas Occidentais. In 2012 her first book as an essayist will be published in co-authorship with Olga Castro – Feminismos is an overview of feminist theories around the world. Already in 2010 Reimóndez published a chapter on the symbolic violence of literary criticism against Galician women writers in the volume Violencias visibles, violencias invisibles with the Feminario de Investigación Feminismos e Resistencias. (Icaría 2010). Also in 2010 she was writer-in-residence at Bangor University (Wales, UK), where she lectured on translation, writing and literature and she also did a reading of Pirata in London. She has also been invited to the University of Stirling and Munich and in 2011 she was one of the guests of the artist’s house Villa Waldberta in Munich, invited by the Instituto Cervantes of the city for their Autumn cultural programme.

Reviews

[María Vázquez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro que viña na mochila viaxeira do cole para os maiores. Parecéume unha historia inspiradora e con moita forza. Gustóume moito e lina nun suspiro, pois a vida de Genet é pura superación, das que invitan a reflexionar e como lectora necesitas que os seus soños, aínda que non saiba que estos existen, se cumpran.

[Shizenlua · Rating 5 out of 5]

O millor que lin en moito tempo. A prosa da autora é absolutamente fermosa, atrápate enseguida e consegue que empatices coa protagonista dunha forma extraordinaria.

A historia de Genet é moi conmovedora e realmente inspiradora. Dende logo unha lectura obrigatoria.

[Indira · Rating 3 out of 5]

3'5

[Sara]

me leí este libro como con 14 años ignorad esto