Episode : Cometierra
00:00:00 - I am going to tell you about a book that is very different and very, very pure.
00:00:06 - It's called Cometierra.
00:00:08 - The work is terrible, luminous, sweet and brutal.
00:00:12 - In Argentina with the novel Cometierra, by Dolores Reyes published in May 2019 by Cichillo Publishing House from Buenos Aires.
00:00:22 - It narrates the first person the story of Cometierra.
00:00:27 - That's how people call her.
00:00:29 - A girl from a poor neighborhood who has a kind of superpower, she has vision every time she eats a certain kind of soy, soy that is related to a person or an event, allowing her to know what has become of certain people, or what has become of their bodies, because those who come to her for help are usually relatives of people who have disappeared.
who are almost always women, who have almost always been murdered.00:01:01 - This book touches a lot on the subject of genocide and life in two neighborhoods, and at times the story is very rough, but it is also a way to see the reality, making us aware that these things happen in real life.
00:01:18 - But at the same time, it is easy to read because the way it is narrated
00:01:24 - It is as if the protagonist was talking to you, and with a language that is super easy to understand.
00:01:33 - So nothing, read it. I mark a lot of things to the book because there were many phrases that I love, and I think it is a super different read and will make you have a good time.
