Luisa Valenzuela is a post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer whose work is characterized by an experimental, avant-garde style. She uses her writing to question hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. Valenzuela is best known for her pieces written in response to Argentina's 1970s dictatorship, combining a powerful critique of authoritarianism with an examination of patriarchal social organization and the power structures inherent in human sexuality and gender relationships.
Luisa Valenzuela ist eine bedeutende Stimme der lateinamerikanischen Literatur, die seit den 1960er Jahren einen eigenständigen Weg verfolgt. Ihre Werke kombinieren fantastische Elemente mit feministischen Themen, der Demontage von Klischees und sozialkritischen Aspekten, während sie auch magischen Realismus und Mystisches einfließen lässt.
Historias de mujeres en busca de la felicidad
Fifteen short stories by well-known women writers?Angeles Mastretta, Rosa Montero, Gioconda Belli, and Marcela Serrano?offer an exceptional anthology.
A collage made of pictures of Buenos Aires, divided in short stories (some surprisingly brief), told in the warm, humorous, precise and metaphorical style that made Luisa Valenzuela a recognized worldwide author.