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“La Región Crepuscular” de Bernardo Esquinca
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Saturday June 28
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Teatro Santa Ana en La Biblioteca
Relox 50A, Centro
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Event Description
The Mexican writer Bernardo Esquinca presents his book "La región crepuscular" in a conversation with Marie Moébius as part of the Literature Seminar at the Public Library.
Bernardo Esquinca (Guadalajara, 1972)
Narrator and journalist. His narrative stands out for merging the supernatural with detective fiction. He received the National Black Novel Award of Mexico in 2017 for his book "Las increíbles aventuras del asombroso Edgar Allan Poe"; and was nominated for the prestigious Shirley Jackson Award 2020 with his story "Señor Ligotti"; published by Editorial Almadía.
"La región crepuscular" (2024)
This novel tells how a journalist will try, from the present, to clarify the irregularities of the case of Gregorio "el Goyo" Cárdenas: a femicide who went through prison in the 1940s, and thirty years later was released by the Mexican authorities.
"La región crepuscular" is a hell of machismo, sexism, and abuse of power that prevents addressing the true causes of violence. Composed of different voices, some from the present and others from the time of the events, Bernardo Esquinca's most recent work expands the perspective from which we judge serial killers.
Far from praising the criminal for his madness or extravagance, it is the voices of those who have not had a place in the "official history" that shape the story: the mothers of the murdered women, the agents who were not recognized in the resolution of the case, the journalists and the doctors who performed clandestine abortions due to the pressures of the time —alongside the testimony of the renowned criminologist Alfonso Quiróz Cuarón or Higinio Sobera de la Flor, a femicide and colleague of "Goyo"— make up this novel of history and thriller, suspense and horror, of mutilated bodies and ghosts.
Bernardo Esquinca (Guadalajara, 1972)
Narrator and journalist. His narrative stands out for merging the supernatural with detective fiction. He received the National Black Novel Award of Mexico in 2017 for his book "Las increíbles aventuras del asombroso Edgar Allan Poe"; and was nominated for the prestigious Shirley Jackson Award 2020 with his story "Señor Ligotti"; published by Editorial Almadía.
"La región crepuscular" (2024)
This novel tells how a journalist will try, from the present, to clarify the irregularities of the case of Gregorio "el Goyo" Cárdenas: a femicide who went through prison in the 1940s, and thirty years later was released by the Mexican authorities.
"La región crepuscular" is a hell of machismo, sexism, and abuse of power that prevents addressing the true causes of violence. Composed of different voices, some from the present and others from the time of the events, Bernardo Esquinca's most recent work expands the perspective from which we judge serial killers.
Far from praising the criminal for his madness or extravagance, it is the voices of those who have not had a place in the "official history" that shape the story: the mothers of the murdered women, the agents who were not recognized in the resolution of the case, the journalists and the doctors who performed clandestine abortions due to the pressures of the time —alongside the testimony of the renowned criminologist Alfonso Quiróz Cuarón or Higinio Sobera de la Flor, a femicide and colleague of "Goyo"— make up this novel of history and thriller, suspense and horror, of mutilated bodies and ghosts.
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Relox 50A, Centro
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