Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You
From the awardâwinning author of Fiebre Tropical, an electric, highly anticipated novel set in Colombiaâs underground queer scene.
It is a known fact that the queens who refuse their destiny are haunted. Rejection turns itself inward, a bullet to the heart of said queen, and unleashes, per Travesti Lore, a river of curses.
Cloistered in a dreary BogotĂĄ apartment, Ignacioâs light has dimmed, leaving his teenage daughter, Valentina, to raise herself in the wake of her mother Almaâs death. Lonely and love-starved, Valentina aches to discover the details of her motherâs drowning, and for her father to snap out of his depression. But Ignacio canât. He spends listless afternoons smoking cigarettes in long blonde wigs, telenovelas humming in the background, haunted not only by matrimonial guilt, but by memories of a young man he once loved and betrayed.
From Ignacioâs tragic past emerges the luminous queen of BogotĂĄâs queer underground, Mamadora ElĂ©ctrica, the wise travesti whom he first met under the silvery lights of Club Aquario when he was just a shy country boy. With Alma gone, Mamadora steps in as a mother figure to Valentina, the way she once did for the girlâs father. But as an expert in Travesti Lore, she fears the worst: that Ignacioâs self-destruction may have unleashed a curse on them all.
From âa writer who is grinding their own colorsâ (Dwight Garner, New York Times), Pretend Youâre Dead and I Carry You is a profound and richly imagined story about coming undone.
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Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You
Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You
From the awardâwinning author of Fiebre Tropical, an electric, highly anticipated novel set in Colombiaâs underground queer scene.
It is a known fact that the queens who refuse their destiny are haunted. Rejection turns itself inward, a bullet to the heart of said queen, and unleashes, per Travesti Lore, a river of curses.
Cloistered in a dreary BogotĂĄ apartment, Ignacioâs light has dimmed, leaving his teenage daughter, Valentina, to raise herself in the wake of her mother Almaâs death. Lonely and love-starved, Valentina aches to discover the details of her motherâs drowning, and for her father to snap out of his depression. But Ignacio canât. He spends listless afternoons smoking cigarettes in long blonde wigs, telenovelas humming in the background, haunted not only by matrimonial guilt, but by memories of a young man he once loved and betrayed.
From Ignacioâs tragic past emerges the luminous queen of BogotĂĄâs queer underground, Mamadora ElĂ©ctrica, the wise travesti whom he first met under the silvery lights of Club Aquario when he was just a shy country boy. With Alma gone, Mamadora steps in as a mother figure to Valentina, the way she once did for the girlâs father. But as an expert in Travesti Lore, she fears the worst: that Ignacioâs self-destruction may have unleashed a curse on them all.
From âa writer who is grinding their own colorsâ (Dwight Garner, New York Times), Pretend Youâre Dead and I Carry You is a profound and richly imagined story about coming undone.
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From the awardâwinning author of Fiebre Tropical, an electric, highly anticipated novel set in Colombiaâs underground queer scene.
It is a known fact that the queens who refuse their destiny are haunted. Rejection turns itself inward, a bullet to the heart of said queen, and unleashes, per Travesti Lore, a river of curses.
Cloistered in a dreary BogotĂĄ apartment, Ignacioâs light has dimmed, leaving his teenage daughter, Valentina, to raise herself in the wake of her mother Almaâs death. Lonely and love-starved, Valentina aches to discover the details of her motherâs drowning, and for her father to snap out of his depression. But Ignacio canât. He spends listless afternoons smoking cigarettes in long blonde wigs, telenovelas humming in the background, haunted not only by matrimonial guilt, but by memories of a young man he once loved and betrayed.
From Ignacioâs tragic past emerges the luminous queen of BogotĂĄâs queer underground, Mamadora ElĂ©ctrica, the wise travesti whom he first met under the silvery lights of Club Aquario when he was just a shy country boy. With Alma gone, Mamadora steps in as a mother figure to Valentina, the way she once did for the girlâs father. But as an expert in Travesti Lore, she fears the worst: that Ignacioâs self-destruction may have unleashed a curse on them all.
From âa writer who is grinding their own colorsâ (Dwight Garner, New York Times), Pretend Youâre Dead and I Carry You is a profound and richly imagined story about coming undone.
