Fernanda García Lao
ARGENTINA, 1966
The daughter of journalists who were forced into exile in Madrid, she lived in Spain from 1976 to 1993 where she studied piano, classical dance, acting and journalism. She has written and directed several plays that have toured Latin America. She has published the novels Muerta de hambre (Dying of Hunger, 1st Prize from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes), La perfecta otra cosa (The Perfect Other Thing, 3rd in the Cortázar Prize), La piel dura (Hard Skin) and Vagabundas (Wanderers). She writes for various different publications on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work has been published in Latin America, Spain, France, Italy, USA and Canada. She was named at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2011 as «one of the best kept secrets of Latin American Literature».
"She's the best at portraying absurdity. There's never been anyone like her and nor will there be. Fernanda García Lao is the strangest writer in Argentine literature."
SILVINA FRIERA, PÁGINA 12
"This visual and physical weirdness is linked to a world of dreams or, to put it more precisely: nightmares. García Lao's characters have that quality. They're obviously not products of love but rather unlimited horror at the notion of the family."
MERCEDES ÁLVAREZ, CLARÍN
PUBLISHED BY: Spanish CUENCO DE PLATA / EL ATENEO / ENTROPÍA / EMECÉ / UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO / PLANETA / KRILLER 71| France LA DERNIERE GOUTTE | English DEEP VELLUM | Italy MUSICAOS EDITORE
By Fernanda García Lao
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NOVEL, 2022.
Tormented by the suicidal delirium of a mother obsessed with the lives of the saints and the silent apathy of a proctologist father, the protagonist of Sulfide is obsessed with achieving a...
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NOVEL, 2017
"A bureaucracy of meat, a shady council planning systems with the dedication of artists, a scouting culture that seeks out suitable women. But what are they suitable for? Vaccine Nation depicts...
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SHORT STORIES, 2019
The stories in this book will appeal to intrepid readers ready to immerse themselves in a form of writing that makes no concessions to realism or pre-established formats. A writer who makes love...
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SHORT STORIES, 2018
The beauty of the night includes its underworld. Written in a spontaneous tone, L os que vienen de la noche is a collection of scenes that, when combined, paint a picture of a single night. When...
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NOVEL, 2014
Out of the Cage begins with the unexpected death of the protagonist. In the midst of the celebrations for a national holiday, a broken LP runs through Aurora’s neck as the band starts to...
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SHORT STORIES, 2013
“I’ve slept with disgrace, but I don’t usually kiss and tell”. These are the words of one of Fernanda García Lao’s characters from a book that is full of...
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NOVEL, 2011
A morbid novel? Possibly. Although here the morbidity is just one more delicious ingredient used to endure a tragedy and the morbidity and the tragedy are just two more delicious ingredients in a...
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NOVEL, 2010
This surprising novel by Fernanda García Lao opens with a farewell. Eusebia announces to her son Demetrio that she is going to leave soon and will probably never come back. This takes place...
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NOVEL, 2007
Like a merciless, unclassifiable game, the protagonists teeter on the edge of the absurd, creating strange situations with exquisite ferocity. Sex, Church, family, insanity, excess and success are...
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NOVEL, 2005.
1st PRIZE FUND NATIONAL ARTS ARGENTINA Obesity might be considered a modern scourge, a disease of our time. That Rubens' curvy models are now called voluptuous women confirms it. This would...
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