“Las voladoras,” “Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego,” and “Pájaros en la boca,” are among the 3 most-read contemporary stories from the Latin American women's writing boom. A text by María Sosa.
At Publishnews we tell you all about the stories told by the most acclaimed contemporary writers, whose narrative flow also leads to short stories, essays, and chronicles. All the stories have a common thread: to reveal the truth.
- 1. Las voladoras by Mónica Ojeda
In this collection of eight stories, we find ourselves in the high volcanoes, moors, and valleys where the voladoras roam, creatures that speak the language of the trees and sweat honey. The future of the protagonists, a teenager, a teacher, twin girls and the women of fire is to raise their voices for the abject invasion of the feminine. With great fierceness, the Ecuadorian writer collects all the influence of gothic literature, rewriting an Andean gothic narrative to manifest with passion and feminine impetus the physical world and globalized societies.
