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Carmen Boullosa

    September 4, 1954

    Carmen Boullosa is a leading Mexican author whose eclectic work defies easy categorization. Her writing primarily engages with themes of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. Praised for her unique voice and literary approach, she explores societal norms and identity, making her a significant figure in contemporary literature. Boullosa's texts offer depth and provocation, resonating with readers seeking insightful perspectives on the female experience.

    Die Wundertäterin. Roman
    They're Cows, We're Pigs
    The Book of Eve
    Leaving Tabasco
    The Book of Anna
    Hatchet / Hamartia
    • Hatchet / Hamartia

      • 102 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      An agitated poetry to order from personal experience the chaos of the world which it's fallen to us to inhabit.

      Hatchet / Hamartia
    • The Book of Anna

      • 200 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.5(91)Add rating

      In this continuation of Anna Karenina's legacy, Russa simmers on the brink of change and the stories long kept secret finally come to light.

      The Book of Anna
    • Leaving Tabasco

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.4(154)Add rating

      Carmen Boullosa is one of Mexico's most acclaimed young writers, and Leaving Tabasco tells of the coming-of-age of Delmira Ulloa, raised in an all-female home in Agustini, in the Mexican province of Tabasco. The Washington Post Book World wrote, "We happily share with [Delmira] ... her life, including the infinitely charming town she inhabits [and] her grandmother's fantastic imagination." In Agustini it is not unusual to see your grandmother float above the bed when she sleeps, or to purchase torrential rains at a traveling fair, or to watch your family's elderly serving woman develop stigmata, then disappear completely, to be canonized as a local saint. As Delmira becomes a woman she will search for her missing father, and will make a choice that will force her to leave home forever. Brimming with the spirit of its irrepressible heroine, Leaving Tabasco is a story of great charm and depth that will remain in its readers' hearts for a long time. "Carmen Boullosa ... immerses us once again in her wickedly funny and imaginative world." -- Dolores Prida, Latina "To flee Agustini is to leave not just a town but the viscerally primal dreamscape it represents." -- Sandra Tsing Loh, The New York Times Book Review "A vibrant coming-of-age tale ... Boullosa [is] a master.... Each chapter is an adventure." -- Monica L. Williams, The Boston Globe

      Leaving Tabasco
    • A brilliant, feminist twist on the Book of Genesis from Carmen Boullosa. What if everything they've told us about the Garden was the other way around? Faced with what appears to be an apocryphal manuscript containing ten books and 91 passages, Eve decides to tell her version: she was neither created from Adam's rib, nor is it exact that she was expelled by the apple and the serpent, nor is story they tell of Abel and Cain true, neither that of the Flood, nor that of the Tower of Babel... With brilliant prose, Carmen Boullosa gives a twist to the Book of Genesis to dismantle the male figure and rebuild the world, the origin of gastronomy, the domestication of animals, the cultivation of land and pleasure, through the feminine gaze. Based on this exploration, sometimes fun and other times painful, The Book of Eve takes a tour through the stories they've told us and which have helped to foster (and cement) the absurd idea that woman is the companion, complement, and even accessory to man, which opens the door to criminal violence against women. Boullosa refutes and breaks them in this feminist novel, foundational and brazen.

      The Book of Eve
    • They're Cows, We're Pigs

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.0(45)Add rating

      Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the seventeenth-century Caribbean, the story follows Jean Smeeks, a young boy kidnapped and sold into indentured servitude. Under the mentorship of an African slave healer and a French surgeon, he becomes a medical officer for a pirate crew. Smeeks navigates the duality of his existence as both a healer and a participant in piracy, exploring themes of identity and morality amidst a chaotic world of outcasts and adventurers.

      They're Cows, We're Pigs
    • Carmen Boullosa erzählt in ihrem Abenteuerroman von Claire Fleurcy, einer außergewöhnlichen Frau, die in Männerkleidern der Alten Welt entflieht, um in Mexiko Freiheit und Abenteuer zu suchen. Mit magischer Hilfe überlebt sie ihre Exekution, muss jedoch im Tal von Mexiko bleiben, um nicht in einen tiefen Schlaf zu fallen. Historisches und Magisches verschmelzen zu einem traumhaften Erlebnis.

      Der fremde Tod
    • Carmen Boullosa wurde 1954 in Mexiko Stadt geboren. Ihr erster Gedichtband erschien 1976. Vier Jahre später schrieb sie mit Vacío ihr erstes Theaterstück, auf das weitere Theaterarbeiten folgten. 1987 wurde ihr erster Roman, Mejor Desaparece, veröffentlicht, mit dem sich Carmen Boullosa einen Namen als junge literarische Stimme Lateinamerikas machte. Mit ihrem zweiten Roman Son vacas, somos puercos hatte sie 1992 in Mexiko einen durchschlagenden Erfolg. 1993 erschien die deutsche Fassung Sie sind Kühe, wir sind Schweine im Suhrkamp Verlag. 1996 folgte die Übersetzung Die Wundertäterin des 1993 erschienenen Romans La Milagrosa. Ihr Roman Duerme erschien 1998 unter dem Titel Der fremde Tod in deutscher Übersetzung. Insgesamt hat sie über zehn Romane veröffentlicht und gilt als eine der bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen Mexikos. Carmen Boullosa erhielt 1992 das Guggenheim-Stipendium und hielt sich zwischen 1995 und 1996 als Stipendiatin des Künstlerprogramms des DAAD in Berlin auf. 1997 wurde sie mit dem Anna-Seghers-Preis ausgezeichnet.

      Sie sind Kühe, wir sind Schweine