Periferia
Ciudad de México: Almadia Ediciones, 2023. First Edition. Paperback. 118p., indices, wrps. New. Item #84843
ISBN: 9786078851621
Within "Periferia" a teenager discovers support among women thanks to the Brigidas of her neighborhood; the passengers of a minibus prefer to go around in circles than to be stopped in traffic; the founder of Oniria Company, a company that sells siestas, is interviewed by a reporter; a bachelor learns to dance with a shadow that may be himself; a woman turns into a dove in the middle of a guided meditation; a family where each member fulfills two roles leads one of its members to dire consequences; a reader meets another woman on the subway who meets daily with Josefina Vicens, Inés Arredondo and other Mexican writers; workers narrate their experience in a company that sells replacement bodies; an academic from the future writes a plea about the spirituality of Mexicans today; a sect promises inner searching, self-knowledge and spiritual purification to young Mexican women; a hitman predicts the second coming of Quetzalcoatl; a man exchanges his cousin for a motorcycle; A girl weaves a shroud to trap her boyfriend. The unexplainable stories in this volume of fiction are eerily close to the oppressive times we live in and the institutions that govern us.
Price: $29.90