Gabriela Alemán

Celebrated Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alem�n's first work to appear in English: a noir, feminist eco-thriller in which venally corrupt politicians and greedy land speculators finally get their just comeuppance! "Poso Wells is ironic, audacious, and fierce. But what is it, exactly? A satire? A scifi novel? A political detective yarn? Or the purest reality of contemporary Latin America. It's unclassifiable--as all great books are."--Samanta Shweblin, author of Fever Dream "Poso Wells is brilliant, audacious, doubtlessly playful and at the same time so dark and bitter. A truly unforgettable book."--Alejandro Zambra, author of Multiple Choice In the squalid settlement of Poso Wells, women have been regularly disappearing but the authorities have shown little interest. When the leading presidential candidate comes to town, he and his entourage are electrocuted in a macabre, darkly hilarious accident witnessed by a throng of astonished spectators. The sole survivor--next in line for the presidency--inexplicably disappears from sight. Gustavo Varas, a principled journalist, picks up the trail, which leads him into a violent, lawless underworld, and ultimately to a strange group of almost supernatural blind men. Bella Altamirano, a fearless local woman, is on her own crusade to pierce the settlement's code of silence, ignoring the death threats that result from her efforts. It turns out that the disappearance of the candidate and those of the women are intimately connected, and not just to a local crime wave, but to a multinational magnate's plan to plunder the country's ecologically sensitive cloud forest. A political satire and noir thriller, laced with humor and a sci-fi twist, Poso Wells plunges its readers into dark passages where things are as uncontrolled and overheated as the lava from a smoking volcano, which is where the story ends. Praise for Poso Wells: "By expertly weaving multiple narratives around the figure of Vinueza, the hapless (but wealthy!) presidential candidate who resembles so many corrupt (but wealthy!) presidential candidates in the modern history of Ecuador, Gabriela Alem�n depicts with verve and humor the horrors and absurdities of a society intent on perpetuating itself."--Mauro Javier Cardenas, author of The Revolutionaries Try Again "Gabriela Alem�n has a rhythm worth watching ... she does something unexpected, things fly apart, she leaps into the void, and you think, 'there's no way she can pull this off'--but no, everything fits together, falls into place, flows, and the story goes on."--Pedro Mairal, author of The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra "Through scalding wit and straight-faced parody this no-holds-barred absurdist adventure that seems more a movie than a book will have you laughing till you cry as the cruelty of its South American reality sinks in. Imagine a mix of Hunter S. Thompson and Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez. A small masterpiece."--Michael Taussig, author of Beauty and the Beast "This compulsively readable book is Gabriela Alem�n's debut as a novelist in the English-language. Sparklingly original, full of dry wit, and deliciously suspenseful, Poso Wells could well earn Gabriela Alem�n a cult following."--Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life, Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World, and The Fall of Baghdad

Poso Wells

Gabriela Ponce

Solange Rodríguez Pappe

María Auxiliadora Balladares

Valeria Guzmán Pérez

Marcela Ribadeneira

Melanie Márquez Adams

Daniela Alcívar

Sandra Araya

Diana Zavala

Andrea Armijos Echeverría

Esta antología reúne cuentos de diez narradoras ecuatorianas. Son únicamente diez porque se traslada a soporte escrito a las autoras del catálogo de audiocuentos de Mujeres al oído. Las autoras incluidas viven una experiencia literaria plena, han estudiado literatura o tienen formaciones afines, y son periodistas, docentes, editoras, gestoras culturales, etc.; lo cierto es que están inmersas no solo en la escritura, sino también en el quehacer cultural más amplio.

Voces que cuentan. Diez narradoras ecuatorianas

Leila Guerriero

Miguel Prenz

Juan Manuel Robles

Arturo Lezcano

Juan Miguel Álvarez

Sol Lauría

Luján Román Aponte

Joseph Zárate

César Bianchi

Javier Sinay

Hay aquí diez historias relacionadas con, entre otras cosas, la innovación, la educación, la ciencia y la tecnología en América Latina, contadas por algunos de los mejores periodistas de la región con el pulso narrativo de las grandes crónicas; historias de gente que lo pasa bien, mal y peor, intentando curar lo que parece incurable, llevar agua donde no la hay, educación donde tampoco, haciendo brotar tecnología en sitios impensados. Historias que hablan de las cosas extraordinarias que le pasan a la gente común y de las cosas comunes que hace la genta extraordinaria. Este libro no es un libro de científicos ni de maestros ni de investigadores ni de ingenieros, aunque es un libro repleto de científicos y maestros e investigadores e ingenieros. Es un libro sobre gente que vio, en medio del ruido y la confusión del tiempo presente, lo que nadie había visto: una necesidad, una falta, una carencia. Y tuvo el ingenio, la inteligencia, la ambición y la tozudez necesarias como para hacer algo con eso.

Diez crónicas de América Latina

Un mundo lleno de futuro

Gabriela Alemán

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