
Coreografías espirituales
Periférica, 2017
Translations
Awards
USA / Open Letter Books
Press
“Labbé keeps overtaking a propose that combines the wit in formal experimentation with a writing of rare density, a surrounding and musical prose that is well tuned with the plot of the novel. Proposes the reader a multiple‐entrances labyrinth, a game that supported much more in its style fluidity than in its plot thread. Rodrigo Pinto, El País
“Clearly thoughtful, intelligent, well assembled, and despite it all, unsettling and terrifying.” Patricia Espinosa,
Las Últimas Noticias
Synopsis
Here’s a story where novelty is not at odds with the best of tradition; a fertile prose that draws from the classics and projects into the future without being banal; a novel without enre but threatening to all genres.
Bedridden before a screen, a paraplegic vocalist writes with the pupil and eyelids the story of a famous rock band. Before this unspeakable text, the rest of the band decides to correct the episodes. The tracks in English and Mapudungun, however, lead to a previous memory submitted to the Empire and Counter-empire that keeps the world subdued.
This novel by Carlos Labbé is a musical anti-biography, but it’s also the fable of the political movement that managed to impose justice to a country. The emotional account of a couple and the shattered genealogy of a rural family that brings up an urban only child. Looking glass of the possibilities of a confessional tale, Coreografías espirituales amplifies the work of one of the most relevant and unclassifiable contemporary Hispanic narrators.
MB Authors
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Bibiana CANDIA
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Xenia GARCÍA
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Adrià MARQUÈS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ramon MAS
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Amarna MILLER
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI