Our Dead World - Bolivian Literature Series

Liliana Colanzi's stories explore those moments when the civilized voice of the ego gives way to the buzzing of the subconscious, and repressed indigenous history destabilizes the colonial legacy still present in contemporary Latin America.

About the author

Liliana Colanzi (Bolivia, 1981) has published the story collections Permanent Vacation (2010) and ​Our Dead World (2014). In 2015 she won the Aura Estrada Prize​, awarded to writers under 35 years old living in the United States or Mexico. Colanzi is considered by critics to be one of the most promising voices of the new Latin American narrative.
Jessica Sequeira is a writer and translator. She holds an M.Phil in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge. She lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Summary

Liliana Colanzi’s stories explore those moments when the civilized voice of the ego gives way to the buzzing of the subconscious, and repressed indigenous history destabilizes the colonial legacy still present in contemporary Latin America.

Product details

• Authors: Liliana Colanzi, Liliana/ Sequeira Colanzi, Liliana Colanzi Serrate
• Assisted by: Jessica Sequeira (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781943150113
• ISBN: 978-1-943150-11-3
• No. of pages: 114
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 180 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Bolivian Literature; BOLIVIAN LITERATURE SERIES; BOLIVIAN LITERATURE SERIES; Bolivian Literature
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature