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Poso Wells

Ecuador, im Stadtgebiet von Guayaquil. Im Viertel Poso Wells stirbt mitten im Präsidentschaftswahlkampf der verheißungsvollste Kandidat samt seiner Entourage durch einen gewaltigen Stromschlag. Sein Stellvertreter, zugleich Chef eines großen Firmenkonglomerats, überlebt zwar, verschwindet aber spurlos. Wurde er entführt?Der Journalist Gonzalo Varas beginnt zu recherchieren. Dabei deckt er Machenschaften in Poso Wells auf, die zunächst nicht zum Verschwundenen führen, sondern zu einer gefangenen Frau. Immer mehr Fragezeichen tauchen auf. Welche Rolle spielen die Kupfervorkommen in einem entlegenen Tal? Und was haben fünf blinde Greise mit all dem zu tun? Nach und nach entwirrt Gonzalo Varas die Verstrickungen.Gabriela Alemán erzählt mit »Poso Wells« eine rasante Geschichte, in der Unterschicht und Oberschicht, Patriarchat und Femizide, Umweltzerstörung, Korruption und die Instrumentalisierung der Bevölkerung aufeinanderprallen.

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Poso Wells

Poso Wells ab 14.99 € als epub eBook: . Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik,

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Poso Wells

Poso Wells ab 17.49 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Belletristik, Krimis,

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Akkordeon Schulwerk 3

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Family Album (eBook, ePUB)

Family Album is Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemán's rollicking follow-up to her acclaimed English-language debut, Poso Wells.Alemán is known for her spirited and sardonic take on the fatefully interconnectedand often highly compromisedforces at work in present-day South America, and particularly in Ecuador. In this collection of eight hugely entertaining short stories, she teases tropes of hardboiled detective fiction, satire, and adventure narratives to recast the discussion of national identity. A muddy brew of pop-culture and pop-folklore yields intriguing, lesser-known episodes of contemporary Ecuadorian history, along with a rich cast of unforgettable characters whose intimate stories open up onto a vista of Ecuador's place on the world stage.From a pair of deep-sea divers using Robinson Crusoe's map of a shipwreck to locate sunken treasure in the Galápagos Archipelago, to a night with the husband of Ecuador's most infamous expat, Lorena Bobbit, this series of cracked family portraits provides a cast of picaresque heroes and anti-heroes in stories that sneak up on a reader before they know what's happened: they've learned a great deal about a country whose more well known exportssoccer, coffee and cocoamask an intriguing national story that's ripe for the telling."Ecuadorian writer Alemán's sparkling collection (after the novel Poso Wells) brims with humor and adventure."Publishers Weekly"It takes a rare and talented writer to create a cast of characters who each feel so unique, distinct, and whose stories unravel unexpectedly while also feeling inevitable, exactly right. Thoughtful and subversive, with Family Album, Alemán has given us a gift."Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl"Divers, adventurers, wrestlers, athletes: a diverse array of people come to light in these stories to insist again and again in challenging the weight of the written letter. Gabriela Alemán's stories inhabit the past to work through its possible versions. Her characters understand that History is a form of desire and the truth is not a house but a patina covering a place that has ceased to exist."Yuri Herrera, author of A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire"Gabriela Alemán's stories unravel a rich and intriguing universe in which nothing, and no one, is what it seems."Pilar Quintana, author of The Bitch"These stories are like lizards lying on rocks in the sun. When you try to pick one up it darts away and disappears. Sometimes a tail comes off in your hand or the thing bites your fingers and drops of blood decorate the rock. Best read while listening to Julio Jaramillo sing 'Amor sin Esperanza' and 'Hojas Muertas.'"Barry Gifford, author of Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels"Gabriela Alemán writes beautiful, sly, enigmatic stories originating in a rogues gallery of real life legends, including El Santo and John Wayne Bobbitt, as well as lesser known and invented souls, all of them struggling against the silentor is it hostile?backdrop of Ecuador's past and present. Family Album is a mordantly funny and haunting collection."Zachary Lazar, author of Vengeance

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Family Album: Stories

Family Album is Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemán's rollicking follow-up to her acclaimed English-language debut, Poso Wells. Alemán is known for her spirited and sardonic take on the fatefully interconnected?and often highly compromised?forces at work in present-day South America, and particularly in Ecuador. In this collection of eight hugely entertaining short stories, she teases tropes of hardboiled detective fiction, satire, and adventure narratives to recast the discussion of national identity. A muddy brew of pop-culture and pop-folklore yields intriguing, lesser-known episodes of contemporary Ecuadorian history, along with a rich cast of unforgettable characters whose intimate stories open up onto a vista of Ecuador's place on the world stage. From a pair of deep-sea divers using Robinson Crusoe's map of a shipwreck to locate sunken treasure in the Galápagos Archipelago, to a night with the husband of Ecuador's most infamous expat, Lorena Bobbit, this series of cracked ?family portraits? provides a cast of picaresque heroes and anti-heroes in stories that sneak up on a reader before they know what's happened: they've learned a great deal about a country whose more well known exports?soccer, coffee and cocoa?mask an intriguing national story that's ripe for the telling. "Ecuadorian writer Alemán's sparkling collection (after the novel Poso Wells) brims with humor and adventure."?Publishers Weekly "It takes a rare and talented writer to create a cast of characters who each feel so unique, distinct, and whose stories unravel unexpectedly while also feeling inevitable, exactly right. Thoughtful and subversive, with Family Album, Alemán has given us a gift."?Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl "Divers, adventurers, wrestlers, athletes: a diverse array of people come to light in these stories to insist again and again in challenging the weight of the written letter. Gabriela Alemán's stories inhabit the past to work through its possible versions. Her characters understand that History is a form of desire and the truth is not a house but a patina covering a place that has ceased to exist."?Yuri Herrera, author of A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire "Gabriela Alemán's stories unravel a rich and intriguing universe in which nothing, and no one, is what it seems."?Pilar Quintana, author of The Bitch "These stories are like lizards lying on rocks in the sun. When you try to pick one up it darts away and disappears. Sometimes a tail comes off in your hand or the thing bites your fingers and drops of blood decorate the rock. Best read while listening to Julio Jaramillo sing 'Amor sin Esperanza' and 'Hojas Muertas.'"?Barry Gifford, author of Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels "Gabriela Alemán writes beautiful, sly, enigmatic stories originating in a rogues gallery of real life legends, including El Santo and John Wayne Bobbitt, as well as lesser known and invented souls, all of them struggling against the silent?or is it hostile??backdrop of Ecuador's past and present. Family Album is a mordantly funny and haunting collection."?Zachary Lazar, author of Vengeance

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