Reyes, Dolores
Entry updated 29 April 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1978- ) Argentinian teacher and author whose first novel, Cometierra (2019; trans by Julia Sanchez as Eartheater 2020), demonstrates what to the anglophone commentariat might seem a fruitful juxtaposition of modes of contemporary Fantastika, but which, within a nest of modes not pendant upon English-language conventions (see Genre SF; Horror in SF), may not seem subaltern. The historical murder in one city of hundreds of women in Roberto Bolaño's 2666 (2004; trans by Natasha Wimmer 2008), whose Feminist arguments seem clear, may directly influence Eartheater, whose protagonist literally eats earth in order to obtain knowledge of murdered women (see Psi Powers). As this Perception spreads from the identification of members of her own family, the world at large is literally impacted. On the understanding that Magic Realism is non-metaphorical, that term can usefully be applied here. [JC]
Dolores Reyes
born Buenos Aires, Argentine: 1978
works (selected)
- Cometierra (Buenos Aires, Argentina: Sigilo Editorial, 2019) [binding unknown/]
- Eartheater (New York: HarperVia, 2020) [trans by Julia Sanchez of the above: hb/Justin Gaffrey]
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