The Vampire of Colonia Roma
Luis Zapata, Pocket
Published in 1979, this classic of gay literature is a long monologue that portrays the underworld of Mexico City when homosexuality was almost clandestine, through the experiences of an urban character. Luis Zapata inaugurated a narrative style that made the gay world visible with an erotic charge unprecedented until then. The novel has a recognized sociological relevance, as well as a festive tone, with an extraordinary sense of humor. Originally, the life of a young city prostitute caused sting, but over time, generations of readers recognize the audacity of this novel and have made it a benchmark.
the night is me
Henry Donnadieu
On the night of January 23, 1977, the first gay bar in Mexico City opened, in the Zona Rosa, founded by Henri Donnadieu, the Producer of the Night, an extravagant Frenchman who liked to live without rules and without limits. This is the biography of the man who trained as a military paratrooper in France, studied at the Sorbonne, organized the first cabaret company in Mexico, survived three attacks and created El 9, where Café Tacvba, Caifanes and Maldita Vecindad started, and was frequented by Carlos Monsiváis, Pita Amor, María Félix or Silvia Pinal. One of the most important cultural icons of the eighties.
consumed by fire
Jaume Cabré, Destiny
In this short novel, Ismael, a teacher from humble origins, runs into an old neighbor by chance and little by little they begin to become intimate, until Ismael has a chance encounter with the janitor of the school where he teaches, who leads him to an extreme situation with terrifying consequences. It is a plot about recovering memory to unravel the tangle of events in which the protagonist is trapped, who, like the other characters, shows his chiaroscuro without concessions, which will take the reader on a disturbing journey with high-voltage literary surprises, a irresistible pleasure.
2023-06-25 06:00:00
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