Respirar bajo el agua
Olivia Teroba
SHORT STORIES | 2020 | 96 pages
The nine stories that make up Respirar bajo el agua lead us into the inner world of its protagonists—women searching for themselves while being stalked by a latent danger in the conventions that govern society; exotic and endearing creatures who inhabit vulnerability with tenderness and question their relationships with the world even in extreme situations—through meticulous writing that engages with the Latin American tradition. It expands the protagonists’ perceptions, exploring their sexual desire through seemingly innocuous activities like sitting down to write a letter or a diary entry. Olivia Teroba's writing focuses on the nuances and density of everyday life, its latent meanings, and the symbols that reside in the ordinary.
RIGHTS: spanish (world) SEXTO PISO
“A kaleidoscope that filters fear, pleasure, and disgust. The most vital human impulses flow through a first person narration that, by using colloquial speech, gives voice to different women who seem to be the same, because perhaps we all are. In her stories, Olivia Teroba illuminates the most intimate human condition with a delicate narrative cadence and tender sparks of beauty.”
“With apparent freshness and a natural ability to tell stories, Olivia Teroba narrates with absolute awareness of the details that transform any trivial reality into an unsettling one. The narrators of these stories focus on the opaque corners of relationships, the dangers of parties, the crudeness of ways to make a living, or the squalor that hides in family spaces. Like animals capable of moving freely in the dark, swimming at night, surviving in the depths. And not just survive, but rather shine and charm us.”
BY OLIVIA TEROBA:
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