Orfandad
by Karina Sosa
Description
A daughter finds a rift in her family: her parents are separated and the house where she and her siblings are growing up is becoming increasingly populated by memories. In June 2006, the father of Karina--the protagonist of this story--leads a social struggle to topple Oaxaca's government and seek justice. A battle that brings along the stigma of prison. A fight that leaves the city burning. While dealing with her father's abandonment and social persecution, Karina tries to figure out who she has been and who she is now as a woman. She pushes the roadblocks in her memory to reach the past, her unstable and sorrowful childhood: the dark zone from which the long shadow of a totemic father emerges. In this, her second novel, Karina Sosa amplifies her stylistic talent and gives us a deep, nostalgic, hurt story. A book where she courageously subdues words such as love and freedom. Orphaned asks: Can you dig deep and come out unharmed? And it answers: No way.
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Author Biography
Karina Sosa Castañeda was born in September of 1987. Since her early twenties, she has dedicated her life to literature: visiting the library of the Institute of Graphic Arts of Oaxaca and writing for the magazine Comején founded by Francisco Toledo. Karina has also published short stories in Después del derrumbe: Narrativa joven de Oaxaca (2009) and Cartografía de la literatura oaxaqueña actual II (2012) by Editorial Almadía.
In 2018 with a team of friends she founded the project Zopilote Rey. It started as a magazine of art and literature only to later become a publishing house. Karina has also developed many writing workshops and reading clubs. In 2020 Editorial Almadía published Caballo fantasma, her debut novel, and in 2021 Karina won the Amazon First Novel Award.
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- Publisher/Imprint Penguin Random House / Random House
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9786073840859
- Publication Country or regionMexico
- Pages213
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
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