Ungar, Antonio.

LAS OREJAS DEL LOBO.

Bogotá: Ediciones B Colombia, 2006. Paperback. 143p., wrps. New. Item #151690
ISBN: 9589777368

"Las orejas del lobo" is a novel told through the eyes of the precocious young narrator in contemporary Colombia. From his perspective, everything is inverted -- a party is nightmarish and school recess is a battleground, but blood causes laughter and abuse brings joy. The work walks the border between fancy and reality, mapping the child’s broken youth, marked by a ghostly father who disappears from his family, the forced conformism at school, makeshift homes with a succession of relatives and friends, and sexual abuse by the mother’s new boyfriend.

Price: $40.00