Name: Nefando
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Author: Ojeda, Mónica ; Booker, Sarah
ISBN: 9781566896894

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mónica Ojeda

Translated by

Sarah Booker

Publisher

Coffee House Press

Language

English

Pages

184

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781566896894

Nefando

Mónica Ojeda (Author) · Sarah Booker (Translated by) · Coffee House Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "Nefando "

A techno-horror portrait of the fears and desires of six young artists whose lives are upended by a controversial video game, from National Book Award finalist Mónica Ojeda.Six young artists share an apartment in Barcelona: Kiki Ortega, a researcher writing a pornographic novel; Iván Herrera, a writer whose prose reveals a deeply conflicted relationship with his body; three siblings, Irene, Emilio, and Cecilia, who quietly search for ways to transcend their abuse as children; and El Cuco Martínez, a video-game designer whose creations push beneath the substrate of the digital world. All of them are connected in different ways to Nefando, a controversial cult video game whose purpose remains a mystery. In the parallel reality of the game, players found relief from the pain of past trauma and present shame, but also a frighteningly elastic sense of self and ethics. Is Nefando a game for horror enthusiasts, a challenge to players' morals, or a poetic exercise? What happens in a virtual world that admits every taboo?Unsparing, addictive, and perverse, Nefando takes us to the darkest corners of the web, revealing the inevitable entanglement of digital and physical worlds, and of technology and horror.

Mónica Ojeda

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Mónica Ojeada Franco was born on May 17, 1988 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. From an early age, she showed an unusual interest in literature and the exploration of complex and taboo subjects, which would later become the hallmark of her work. She studied Social Communication with a mention in Literature at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil and obtained a master's degree in Literary Creation and in Theory and Criticism of Culture from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

Ojeada is recognized for her bold approach to themes such as fear, pain, sexuality, gender violence, and the relationship between the feminine and the monstrous. Her narrative, classified within the "new Latin American Gothic," stands out for its poetic and disturbing prose that explores the limits of human experience and the psychology of her characters. She has also been compared to authors like Mariana Enríquez and is considered one of the most influential voices in contemporary Latin American literature.

Among her most influential works are "La desfiguración Silva (2014), Nefando (2016), Mandíbula (2018) or Las voladoras (2020)."

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