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Luis Mey Argentina
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Luis Mey was born in Buenos
Aires in 1979. He studied Law at the University of Buenos Aires and has already
written numerous articles for the prestigious Argentinean literary magazines Ñ and La Gaceta de Tucumán. His debut novel Los abandonados
received great critical acclaim and was selected for the anthology 12 Argentinean authors, which was
presented at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair.
In Los abandonados
(“The Forsaken”), Luis Mey depicts a unique character
both hateful and likeable, who tries to cope with life in his own way. His
uncompromising honesty, his unexpected sensivity and
his intelligence render him human, his destructive streak evokes empathy.
Written in direct language that draws its strength from its crass sobriety, Los abandonados
immediately captivates the reader with its controversial protagonist.
Los abandonados submerges us with alarming effortlessness into an agile story with
violently short sentences, which delight us with a frenetic narration and a
surprising capacity for providing dozens of remarkable quotes.
Minutouno
Las garras del niño inútil (“The Talons of the Useless
Boy”) gives us a unique insight into the inferno growing up can become. Maxi’s
life is ruled by the daily fear of upsetting his alcoholic father and the shame
he feels for his parents. When he is forced to give up the one thing he loves,
Maxi’s whole life changes completely. With his concise style, Luis Mey creates a strong sense of immediacy.
Luis
Mey is a promising author.
La Gaceta
You
read tragic, fierce, deeply upsetting stories, and still you wish they would
never end.
Clarín
A two-voiced narration, a tale told by accomplices, Tiene que ver
con la furia
(“Has to Do with Fury”) achieves the unusual: it tells two individual stories
that, in spite of the details that distinguish them, are melded together in
one. The story of an abandoned love that turns into
productive vengeance through the controlled fury of writing. Literature,
this notable novel reminds us, is always revenge. Anyone capable of writing
down their disillusionment, their rage, their loss, will always come out the
winner despite all appearances.
Sylvia
Molloy
Novels:
Los abandonados
Buenos Aires:
Factotum 2008, 179 p.
Selected for the anthology 12 autores argentinos, which was
presented at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair
Las garras del niño inútil
Buenos Aires:
Factotum 2010, 222 p.
German sample translation available
Tiene que
ver con la furia
With Andrea Stefanoni
Buenos Aires: Emecé/Planeta, forthcoming in 2012