Comemadre

by Roque Larraquy, Heather Cleary (Translator)

Kindle Edition

Published July 10, 2018

About the author

Roque Larraquy (Buenos Aires, 1975) is an Argentine writer and screenwriter. He is the author, among other texts, of the novels Comemadre (2011) translated into English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Persian, nominated for the National Book Award in the USA and for the Best Translated Book Award in 2018; Informe sobre ectoplasma animal (2014), an illustrated book made in collaboration with the visual artist Diego Ontivero, translated into English and Italian, and La telepatía nacional (2020), selected among the best ten books written in Spanish of 2020 by The New York Times. His literary has received critical acclaim.

In 2016, he was named the director of Argentina’s first degree-granting program in creative writing, housed at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes. He graduated from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in literary studies. As a professor, he taught audiovisual design at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, film and television screenwriting at the Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, and narrative writing at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes.

Reviews

[Linda Flck · Rating 4 out of 5]

This already short book consists of 2 novellas that are loosely connected by theme, (relatives of) characters and place.

The writing in the first story, in which a group of doctors in a sanatorium conduct a medical experiment to find out what comes after death, was so dry and almost unserious, it made me laugh multiple times despite the gruesome actions that were taking place.

The second story wasn't memorable to me, maybe because it was overshadowed by the first one.

[Amanda Maciel · Rating 5 out of 5]

ugh I love strange little books like this

[twoey (rachel q.) · Rating 5 out of 5]

sick!!!!

[T.J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

…love turns my head as soft as an old lady’s slipper