La Ruina del Hombre

El periodista independiente, Juan Martín Moreno, sufrió la trágica pérdida de su hermana mayor cuando él apenas tenía trece años de edad, pese a ello, crecería fortaleciendo su carácter, y buscando la verdad detrás de cada caso, sin olvidar nunca, la duda que lo consume: ¿Quién asesinó a su hermana?.

In this 10th novel from author Diamela Eltit, the protagonist is a young woman from a marginal neighborhood who works as a prostitute in a cyber cafe, her life at the height of tragedy and misfortune. The setting is a section of town surrounded by police special forces. But in a sad yet defiant play on words, the special forces of the title also refer to the will required to resist, to survive on the edge of society under such forms of repression and oppression. Violence and the scars left on bodies both physical and social appear in many of Eltit's novels, carefully constructed with uneasy...

Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands the trajectory of his life, with the usual markers of vocation and marriage. But when he's diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after surgery, prescribed treatment that will leave him radioactive, he is isolated from other people and he begins to question his work and the politics of South Africa.

La calle de Valverde aparecio en Mexico, en 1961. Su accion transcurre en la dictadura de Primo de Rivera. Por el amplio friso de personajes y la complejidad y hondura de sus existencias, esta novela constituye una vision privilegiada del mundo de preguerra.