A Necklace of Ears - Softcover

Roblest, Alberto

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798893750133

Publisher: Not Avail, 2025

Synopsis

After leaving the artificial charm of Las Vegas behind, Sergio makes a living working at a military base. While repairing houses and maintaining the complex's gardens, he enters the lives of characters as diverse as married women in need of a sexual encounter--who are marked by the absence of their husbands at the front--and veterans who carry the echoes of war, facing ghosts that never fade away. In a bold narrative game, the reader becomes an accomplice to the clandestine encounters and gossip of the military base. With a provocative tone, Alberto Roblest invites us to witness the human dynamics that unfold in this microcosm: the unbridled flirtation of the playboy protagonist and the stories that are whispered in the shadows. As relationships blossom and wither, Sergio is presented as an enigma: in sudden dreams--or hazy memories--we find him wandering through the desert, a collar made of ears hanging from his neck. The haunting question persists: to whom do these ears belong? Expertly translated from the original Spanish edition, Collar de orejas, by Dillon Scalzo, the novel combines detailed descriptions with reflections on today's society to graphically explore the reality of many hard-working migrants facing harsh conditions in the United States.

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About the Author

ALBERTO ROBLEST, an award-winning digital artist, writer and educator, is the co-founder of the arts and humanities website, Hola Cultura, and serves as its artistic director and Spanish-language editor. Alberto is the author of Collar de orejas (CreateSpace, 2015); Against the Wall: Stories (Arte Público Press, 2021) and Contra la muralla: cuentos (Arte Público Press, 2022). He lives and works in Washington, DC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Not Avail
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798893750133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335