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Jamás el fuego nunca

by Diamela Eltit

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Concierto de sombras

by Alicia Yánez Cossío

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El invencible verano de Liliana

by Cristina Rivera Garza

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Jo’s’s Quotes

“The ear is the organ of fear. It is a door to that which is not of this world.”
― Mónica Ojeda, Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol

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“Ten siempre presente estas palabras, amigo mío: más que la raza, la clase.”
― Adalberto Ortiz, Juyungo

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“Cristobalina, ki je bila trikratna vdova in so o njej govorili, da ima poper v kikli, je bila najstarejša hči dona Clementa. Malega Azuleja, kateremu je umrla mati kmalu po porodu zaradi neznane bolezni, je vzgojila kot prava mati.
Starec je govoril o svoji hčerki:
“Cristobalina je čmrlj, leta čez hrib in dol, ampak nazadnje je svobodna ženska in lahko razpolaga s svojim telesom, kakor hoče.”
― Adalberto Ortiz, Juyungo

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“Cristobalina, three times a widow, and branded as a “bad risk” and an herb curer, was the oldest child. She had been like a mother to her godson Cangá since the time his mother died of an unknown illness.
Talking about Cristobalina, her old man always used to say:
“My daughter is an Amazon. She run all over the place. But she a free woman, and she can do whatever she wants with her body.”
― Adalberto Ortiz, Juyungo

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“Cristobalina, trostruka udovica, o kojoj se govorilo da ima papra u krilu, bila je najstarija kći Don Clementea. Ona je malog Azuleja, kojemu je majka umrla uskoro poslije poroda od neke nepoznate bolesti, odgojila kao prava majka.
Starac je o svojoj kćeri uvijek govorio:
“Cristobalina, ona je bumbar; leti preko brda i dolova, ali je ona, na kraju krajeva, slobodna žena i može raspolagati sa svojim tijelom kako god hoće.”
― Adalberto Ortiz, Juyungo

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