Wednesday, December 4, 2024
1:00pm – 2:30pm
84 Prospect Street, Music Room
About the Event
Discuss the short story collection La máquina de hacer pájaros by Ecuadorian writer Natalia García Freire (Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2024).
Natalia García Freire (Cuenca, Ecuador, 1991) is a Creative Writing, short story, and novel instructor at the Escuela de Escritores in Madrid. Her first novel, Nuestra piel muerta, has been translated into English, Turkish, French, Italian, and Danish. Her second novel is Trajiste contigo el viento. Her short story collection La máquina de hacer pájaros offers us an opportunity to discuss themes of body, gender, and memory, addressing topics that interest all of us for various reasons.
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Conversar sobre el libro de cuentos La máquina de hacer pájaros de la escritora ecuatoriana Natalia García Freire (Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2024).
A continuación, compartimos una breve presentación de la autora y del libro que leeremos:
Natalia García Freire (Cuenca, Ecuador, 1991) es profesora de Escritura Creativa, relato breve y novela en la Escuela de Escritores de Madrid. Su primera novela, Nuestra piel muerta, ha sido traducida al inglés, turco, francés, italiano y danés. Su segunda novela es Trajiste contigo el viento. Su libro de cuentos La máquina de hacer pájaros nos ofrece la oportunidad de conversar sobre cuerpo, género y memoria, abordando temas que nos interesan a todos por diversas razones.
About the Group
You are warmly invited to join us for the entire series or individual sessions, depending on your availability and interest in discovering new Ecuadorian authors.
Often dubbed the “flea-country of South America,” Ecuador may be small in size, but its contemporary literary contributions, especially those crafted by women writers, are remarkably significant. This reading group will delve into the country’s vibrant literary scene, exploring how Ecuador not only matters but also tells—narrating stories with powerful voices actively participating in a broader transformation in Latin American literature. This literary renewal is led primarily by women writers from various countries, with Ecuadorian authors at the forefront.
The novelists and short story writers we will focus on—Daniela Alcívar Bellolio (1982-), María Fernanda Ampuero (1976-), Natalia García Freire (1991), Mónica Ojeda (1988-), and Gabriela Ponce (1977-)—nurture an almost umbilical connection to Ecuador’s diverse natural and urban landscapes, from the dangerous coastal city of Guayaquil to the neighborhoods of Quito and the Andean highlands.