Mamita / Mommy by Rodríguez, Gustavo

Mamita / Mommy

«Quién sabe, me dije, si no existía entre madres e hijos una frecuencia exclusiva para ondas que...
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Author: Gustavo Rodríguez
Format: Paperback
Language: Spanish
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Mamita / Mommy by Rodríguez, Gustavo

Mamita / Mommy

$26.34

Mamita / Mommy

$26.34
Author: Gustavo Rodríguez
Format: Paperback
Language: Spanish
«Quién sabe, me dije, si no existía entre madres e hijos una frecuencia exclusiva para ondas que no han sido descubiertas.

Un deber familiar ha sido postergado durante décadas por el escritor protagonista de esta novela: contar la excepcional historia de sus abuelos y de su madre, cuyos orígenes se remontan a inicios del siglo XX en la Amazonía peruana. Ahora, con su madre próxima a cumplir noventa años, siente que ha llegado el momento de saldar esa deuda. Así es como Mamita cobravida, una novela que entrelaza dos relaciones íntimas: la memoria del amor filial y el proceso mismo de escritura. A través de recorridos citadinos, evocaciones de la selva y reflexiones metaliterarias, el hijo escritor indaga en la naturaleza de sus vínculos familiares, las tensiones sociales y raciales que los atraviesan y la huella imborrable de la muerte. Al mismo tiempo, se enfrenta a los desafíos del oficio novelesco para capturar aquello que el tiempo suele volver irrecuperable.

Gustavo Rodríguez nos entrega una de sus novelas más personales y reflexivas. Una memoria familiar que es también una exploración sobre la creación literaria. Un juego de espejos donde resplandece la prosa fresca, ingeniosa y confesional de una de las voces más representativas de la narrativa hispanoamericana contemporánea.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"Who knows, I said to myself, if there isn't an exclusive wave frequency between mothers and her children that has yet to be discovered."

The protagonist writer of this novel has postponed a very important family duty for decades: to tell the exceptional story of his grandparents and his mother, whose origins trace back to the early 20th century in the Peruvian Amazon. Now, with his mother nearing her ninetieth birthday, he feels the time has come to settle that debt. This is how Mamita comes to life--a novel that intertwines two intimate relationships: the memory of the love between parents and their kids and the very process of writing. Through walks around the city, recollections from the Amazon jungle, and metafictional reflections, the writer-son explores the nature of his family ties, the social and racial tensions that permeate them, and the indelible mark of death. At the same time, he confronts the challenges of the novelist's craft in capturing what time so often renders irretrievable.

Gustavo Rodríguez delivers one of his most personal and contemplative novels yet. A family memoir that is also an exploration into literary creation. A hall of mirrors where the fresh, witty, and confessional prose of one of the most representative voices in contemporary Spanish American fiction shines.

Author: Gustavo Rodríguez
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.40h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9786073857567
Language: Spanish

About the Author
Gustavo Rodríguez nació en Lima en 1968. Ha publicado las novelas La furia de Aquiles (2001), La risa de tu madre (2003), La semana tiene siete mujeres (2010), Cocinero en su tinta (2012), República de La Papaya (2016), Te escribí mañana (2016), Madrugada (Alfaguara, 2018) y Treinta kilómetros a la medianoche (2022), y el volumen de relatos Trece mentiras cortas (2006). También es autor de libros infantiles y juveniles que se leen en las escuelas, y de Machista con hijas (2021), basado en su pódcast homónimo, que ha tenido un marcado éxito en Iberoamérica. En Traducciones Peruanas (2008) se reúnen varios de sus artículos publicados en El Comercio. Su libro Cien cuyes se alzó con el Premio Alfaguara de novela 2023.

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