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Otilia Rauda
From reviews of the Spanish edition:
"...among the best works that Mexican fiction has produced."
—Héctor Gally, Sábado
"With homely features, but with a body so shapely and exciting that it sets men (priests included) aflame throughout the novel, with an incandescent voluptuousness and delightful amorality (surely explosive in the conservative Mexican society of her time and place) ...Otilia Rauda could be the protagonist of a Greek tragedy or of a soap opera made of improbable happenings and as many turns of fate as there are chapters used to tell the story of her life."
—Jorge Ruffinelli, Punto y Aparte
Winner of Mexico's prestigious Xavier Villaurrutia prize in 1986, Otilia Rauda is here translated into English for the first time as Otilia's Body. Widely considered Sergio Galindo's best work, the novel dramatizes a sexually liberated woman's obsession with an outlaw lover, played against the backdrop of Mexican history from 1910 to 1940. A fine example of "intimist" fiction, Otilia's Body is noteworthy for its penetratingly described characters who transcend time and place to become universally recognizable.
"...among the best works that Mexican fiction has produced."
—Héctor Gally, Sábado
"With homely features, but with a body so shapely and exciting that it sets men (priests included) aflame throughout the novel, with an incandescent voluptuousness and delightful amorality (surely explosive in the conservative Mexican society of her time and place) ...Otilia Rauda could be the protagonist of a Greek tragedy or of a soap opera made of improbable happenings and as many turns of fate as there are chapters used to tell the story of her life."
—Jorge Ruffinelli, Punto y Aparte
Winner of Mexico's prestigious Xavier Villaurrutia prize in 1986, Otilia Rauda is here translated into English for the first time as Otilia's Body. Widely considered Sergio Galindo's best work, the novel dramatizes a sexually liberated woman's obsession with an outlaw lover, played against the backdrop of Mexican history from 1910 to 1940. A fine example of "intimist" fiction, Otilia's Body is noteworthy for its penetratingly described characters who transcend time and place to become universally recognizable.
357 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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September 17, 2026
El final me dejó patidifusa. Muy buen libro.
July 31, 2016
El maestro Sergio Galindo siempre me ha sorprendido por su manera tan elegante de narrar.Otilia Rauda es,a mi parecer,su libro mejor logrado ,donde conjunta un lenguaje sobrio para situarnos en un pueblo mexicano donde nada es lo que parece,desenredando ante nuestros ojos las pasiones invisibles que lo mueven...
September 22, 2024
Una gran novela de Sergio Galindo, su narrativa nos lleva de la mano por lugares como Xalapa, Las vigas y El puerto. Los paisajes y los personajes que describe nos muestra una época revolucionaria donde temas como el machismo, la política y las costumbres famililares resaltan, mostrando ciertos matices y la complejidad de las relaciones humanas.
La forma en la que describe los bosques, las fiestas y las emociones de los personajes, nos hace querer saber más del mundo de Otilia Rauda.
La forma en la que describe los bosques, las fiestas y las emociones de los personajes, nos hace querer saber más del mundo de Otilia Rauda.
August 20, 2023
El libro me mantuvo en vilo y muy atenta a la lectura hasta un poco más de la mitad, pero después me resultó muy agotador terminarlo y realmente, a pesar de entender perfectamente el contexto, me pareció un final muy simplón y me decepcionó bastante.
February 27, 2021
Un muy buena novela, lectura amena, descripciones de regiones y ciudades de Veracruz que te transportan.
July 18, 2025
Imagina la prosa de Emilio Pacheco con un wey de secundaria: Sale este libro.
Muy tibio, para ser Sergio Galindo.
Muy tibio, para ser Sergio Galindo.
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