Novel · 2021
Esta herida llena de peces
In Quibdó, a white mother boards a canoe with her five-year-old Black son. They set out on a long journey north along the Atrato river.
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Lorena Salazar Masso
Born in Medellín in 1991, she writes short novels about motherhood, childhood, abandonment and the rivers that run through Colombia. Her first novel has been translated into a dozen languages.
Novel · 2023
Maldeniña
A girl. A father who is always busy. A hotel in the middle of nowhere. An aunt who dyes her hair red and is looking for love.
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Selected press
- FIL GuadalajaraLa FIL Guadalajara presenta «26 en el 26»: novelistas que renuevan la literatura en español
- El País«La herida de la violencia en Colombia sigue abierta y este país no deja que cicatrice»
- Babelia, El PaísEl libro del día: Maldeniña, un imán en cada página
- Vogue«Si haces zoom al abandono estatal del Chocó colombiano, vas a ver a una madre sola y desamparada»