2024-07-08 04:52:03
The writer and doctor in Literature Maritza M. Buendia (Zacatecas, 1974) resulted winner of the 2024 Colima Fine Arts Narrative Award for his book cruel skyThis was announced by the Ministry of Culture, together with the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (through the National Coordination of Literature) and the University of Colima.
The above was reported through a statement issued by the cultural authority, in which the jury, composed of the writer and teacher José Alberto Llanes (On the count of 10) and the narrator from Aguascalientes, Dahlia de la Cerda (Reserve Bitches), I consider that “The apparent simplicity of this novel is supported by a complete framework that interweaves three different times, with characters who face different conflicts, but whose axis is the constant struggle that involves the free exercise of sexuality.”.
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They added that the work “transcends the clichés of erotic stories by including bitter passages from national history, such as torture, rape, mutilation and the murder of rural teachers during the Vasconcelos crusade.”
“I think there is a vital difference between erotic novels and erotic literature. The first one does not necessarily seek an artistic proposal; the second one does.Personally, I am convinced that building a novel around the body and its desires implies approaching the characters from the roots, their life story emerges from their most intimate nuances.
“In this sense, it seemed vital to me to rescue the painful episodes of our history, with the aim of contextualizing the violence that grandmother Belén faces and that makes her a strong and determined character, but also with the desire that the dark side of our history is not forgotten,” she declared. the author a Culture regarding what the jury said about breaking the mold.
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About the novel, the official synopsis says that it is a generational novel “which narrates the discovery of desire in three women. Like an initiatory journey, the desire to know the sea will be for Mar, the daughter, a meeting point between passion and the lucidity of a sensual awakening […]On the other hand, Gloria, the mother, will transgress the meaning of marriage, where she will seek to live, at the same time, with both her husband and her best friend. […] (and) Grandma Belén will show the strength of a woman who knows how to love herself and who does not need a man to reach fulfillment.”
Finally, the author expressed her feelings about the importance of literature to “show progress (or setbacks) in terms of rights and sexual identity in our country, as well as to refresh topics that can no longer be taboos, […] for a vision of a world that invites the reader to recover his human side and to be tolerant of difference”.
The award-winning novel by Maritza Buendía, cruel skypublished by Alfaguara Publishing Houseis now available in the Penguin Books official website as well as in various bookstores.
We congratulate Maritza Buendía (@maritzambuendia) for being the winner of the 2024 Colima Fine Arts Narrative Award with her novel CIELO CRUEL. 📖✍️ Her work stood out “because it proposes a dialogue with different national and universal literary traditions.” pic.twitter.com/eTdJRZkFoL
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