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Anima by Wajdi Mouawad
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Anima (edition 2015)

by Wajdi Mouawad (Author)

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A man, returning home one evening after work, discovers his wife brutally murdered, lying in a pool of blood. A cat, their cat, a domesticated animal, tells the man the macabre tale of what happened, and in the second chapter, birds at the window continue the tale. This novel of grotesque realism marries separate, delimited worlds: the animal and the human, the here and away, and the wars of yesterday and today. Wajdi Mouawad is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director now living in France. Linda Gaboriau is an award-winning literary translator based in Montreal.… (more)
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Title:Anima
Authors:Wajdi Mouawad (Author)
Info:Actes Sud Editions (2015), 500 pages
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Rating:*****
Tags:vengeance, quête de soi, Liban, animaux

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Anima by Wajdi Mouawad

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Wahhch Debch descubre el cuerpo de su mujer, brutalmente violada y asesinada, en el salón desu casa. Empujado por el dolor, se lanza a la caza del asesino: necesita ver su rostro, pero no por venganza, sino por supervivencia. Durante su odisea a través de América, solo y sin esperanza, brutales recuerdos escondidos en los pliegues de su infancia despiertan poco a poco. Para evocar la parte monstruosa del ser humano, Wajdi Mouawad hace callar al hombre y da voz a los animales: son ellos quienes nos narran la escalofriante búsqueda de la verdadera bestia.Ánima nos lleva por un camino desconocido a un territorio entre el thriller, el western y la tragedia griega, un lugar inhóspito y de una violencia feroz que sin embargo no queremos abandonar y que somos incapaces de olvidar cuando hemos acabado el libro: ese espacio nuevo, amenazante y a la vez redentor de la gran literatura.
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A man, returning home one evening after work, discovers his wife brutally murdered, lying in a pool of blood. A cat, their cat, a domesticated animal, tells the man the macabre tale of what happened, and in the second chapter, birds at the window continue the tale. This novel of grotesque realism marries separate, delimited worlds: the animal and the human, the here and away, and the wars of yesterday and today. Wajdi Mouawad is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director now living in France. Linda Gaboriau is an award-winning literary translator based in Montreal.

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