Books by Aglaja Veteranyi (2)
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Por qué se cuece el niño en la polenta by Aglaja Veteranyi ES
RomaniaDescription:
Ella no quiere crecer. Su verdadera patria es el circo y las roulottes de radiantes colores, pero también la dura realidad de los nómadas. Su padre, uno de los payasos, quiere que de mayor sea una estrella del cine. Su madre se cuelga, cada noche, de su larga melena sobre la pista. Entonces, para distraerla del horror de ver a su madre suspendida en lo alto, su hermana mayor le cuenta, un día y otro día, la historia del niño que se cuece en la polenta, el viejo cuento popular rumano que se convierte en símbolo de su vida. Después, mientras su he... continue
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Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta by Aglaja Veteranyi EN
Description:
A nomadic family of circus performers, refugees from Romania, travels through Europe and Africa by caravan. The mother's death-defying act causes constant anxiety for her two daughters, who voice their fears through a grisly communal fairy tale about a child being cooked alive in polenta--but their real life is no less of a dark fable, and one that seems just as unlikely to have a happy ending. An actor and performance artist as well as a poet and novelist, Veteranyi was acclaimed for her seemingly "artless" narrative voice, in which pain and hilarity always vie for the upper hand--a voice at ... continue