La piel hembra
A truly ambitious novel that draws on the magical realism tradition in a story of miracles, love and death — a novel that aspires to become a timeless classic of Latin American literature.
Elaine Vilar Madruga returns with her most ambitious novel to date: The Female Skin, a descent into the depths of human darkness. In a remote village hidden in the mountains, every woman is struck by a strange fever. One night, feeling called by God, they leave their homes and husbands, only to return the next morning covered in golden dust and pregnant. Each of them claims to be carrying the new messiah.
This is how La piel hembra begins, the most ambitious work yet by Elaine Vilar Madruga. The novel unfolds a universe entirely of its own, where the fantastic and the unsettling intertwine with fierce lyricism and simmering rage. A vast contemporary epic that challenges every social role and form of established power, while offering a new vision of identity, memory, faith, homeland, and death.
PRESS
«La piel hembra is a truly impressive novel in both substance and form, with a classic feel from the very first page and destined to become a landmark work of 21st-century magical realism.» José Durán Rodríguez, El Salto
«(Elaine) is one of the most important writers of magical neorealism, and—I have no hesitation in saying this—one of the most innovative and prolific voices on the current literary scene.» Luis Urios Ibañez, Las Provincias
«A sweeping biblical tale that plays with modern horror (…) this book promises to be the novel of the summer.» Eva Blanco Medina, Vogue
«The author who sets magical realism ablaze has published La piel hembra, a monumental epic with echoes of the finest magical realism and all the flavor of the Caribbean.»Andrés Seoane, La Lectura/El Mundo
TRANSLATION & FILM RIGHTS
Spain: Barrett; Latin America: Alfaguara México
