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Pola Oloixarac

    September 13, 1977

    Pola Oloixarac is an Argentine author and translator whose work delves into the intricate connections between technology, philosophy, and the human psyche. Her writing is recognized for its sharp intellect and innovative style, exploring the boundaries of reality and identity in the digital age. Oloixarac crafts evocative narratives that challenge readers to consider the nature of modern existence and our place within it.

    Mona
    Hércules en el Mato Grosso
    Savage Theories
    Mona
    Dark Constellations
    • Canary Islands, 1882: Caught in the 19th-century wave of scientific classification, explorer and plant biologist Niklas Bruunis researches Crissia pallida, a species alleged to have hallucinogenic qualities capable of eliminating the psychic limits between one human mind and another. Buenos Aires, 1983: Born to a white Argentinian anthropologist and a black Brazilian engineer, Cassio comes of age with the Internet, and demonstrates the skills and personality that will make him one of the first great Argentine hackers. The southern Argentinian techno-hub of Bariloche, 2024: Piera, on the same research group as Cassio, studies human DNA. When the Estromatoliton project comes to fruition, the Argentine government will be able to track every movement of its citisens without their knowledge or consent, using censors that identify DNA at a distance. In a dazzling novel of towering ambition, Oloixarac proves that true power resides in the world's most deeply shadowed interstices, as beautiful and horrifying as dark constellations themselves.

      Dark Constellations
    • Mona

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.3(5006)Add rating

      The brilliant and provocative debut of a Latin American star of world literature.

      Mona
    • Savage Theories

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      2.8(317)Add rating

      Exploring themes of seduction and madness, the narrative is infused with the philosophical influences of Wittgenstein and Rousseau, alongside the literary styles of Nabokov and Bolaño. The characters navigate complex emotional landscapes, intertwining their lives with profound ideas that challenge perceptions of reality and desire. This rich tapestry of intellect and passion invites readers to delve into the depths of the human psyche.

      Savage Theories
    • Mona

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Novela de ideas y suspenso, un thriller literario donde la clave del crimen está escondida en el cuerpo de una escritora que compite por un premio. «La prosa de Pola Oloixarac es el gran acontecimiento de la nueva narrativa argentina.» Ricardo Piglia "Vienen a estos lugares creyéndose escritores y se van como personajes", piensa Mona Tarrile-Byrne, joven narradora peruana. En su espiral de drogas californianas y derivas eróticas, Mona aterriza en un pueblito de Suecia junto con unos pocos colegas nominados al prestigioso premio literario Basske-Wortz. En ese lugar límite -en la frontera del espacio habitable por la cultura, antes de la noche muerta del ártico-, descubre las marcas misteriosas de una violencia que no puede explicarse. Llegados de todo el mundo, los escritores se agradan y recelan, se miden y seducen. Entre las aventuras sexuales y mentales de la protagonista y los debates acerca de vanguardias, ideologías y mercado -de TED talks a orgasmos borgianos-, Pola Oloixarac retrata con alucinante acidez el círculo hípster de una weltliteratur imaginaria. La autora brilla en este thriller de ideas, una sátira devastadoramente actual de la brutalidad latente en las élites culturales y una oscura meditación sobre el poder de la lengua para transformar el mundo.

      Mona