Two Argentine authors present new works that focus on desire, reading, and the transformative power of writing.
Leila Sucari arrives with ¿Se dice así? (Tusquets Editores), a novel that explores eroticism as a wild territory and the word as the only habitable place. With a poetic and confessional prose, the author —winner of the María Elena Walsh–Sara Facio Award— once again delves into the link between desire and writing, between the intimate and the ineffable.
«There is no beginning or end. Because everything else bores me, and in the end he was right: the only thing that matters to me is to fuck».
Meanwhile, Juana Libedinsky publishes Queremos tanto a Jane (Seix Barral), a festive homage to Jane Austen and the global community of readers who keep her work alive. Published 250 years after Austen's birth, the book offers a journey through the contemporary world of her admirers, the so-called "Janeites".
From London, Bath, and Chawton to New York and Buenos Aires, Libedinsky traces an emotional cartography that combines chronicle, humor, and erudition. The author examines Austen's enduring relevance and the cultural phenomenon sparked by her novels, characters, and her unique perspective on women and society.
Despite their very different styles, Sucari and Libedinsky coincide in a common quest: to put the body and the word at the center of the literary experience.
