Mamita / Mommy

«Qui?n sabe, me dije, si no exist?a entre madres e hijos una frecuencia exclusiva para ondas que no han sido descubiertas.

Un deber familiar ha sido postergado durante d?cadas por el escritor protagonista de esta novela: contar la excepcional historia de sus abuelos y de su madre, cuyos or?genes se remontan a inicios del siglo XX en la Amazon?a peruana. Ahora, con su madre pr?xima a cumplir noventa a?os, siente que ha llegado el momento de saldar esa deuda. As? es como Mamita cobravida, una novela que entrelaza dos relaciones ?ntimas: la memoria del amor filial y el proceso mismo de escritura. A trav?s de recorridos citadinos, evocaciones de la selva y reflexiones metaliterarias, el hijo escritor indaga en la naturaleza de sus v?nculos familiares, las tensiones sociales y raciales que los atraviesan y la huella imborrable de la muerte. Al mismo tiempo, se enfrenta a los desaf?os del oficio novelesco para capturar aquello que el tiempo suele volver irrecuperable.

Gustavo Rodr?guez nos entrega una de sus novelas m?s personales y reflexivas. Una memoria familiar que es tambi?n una exploraci?n sobre la creaci?n literaria. Un juego de espejos donde resplandece la prosa fresca, ingeniosa y confesional de una de las voces m?s representativas de la narrativa hispanoamericana contempor?nea.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

“Who knows, I said to myself, if there isn’t an exclusive wave frequency between mothers and her children that has yet to be discovered.”

The protagonist writer of this novel has postponed a very important family duty for decades: to tell the exceptional story of his grandparents and his mother, whose origins trace back to the early 20th century in the Peruvian Amazon. Now, with his mother nearing her ninetieth birthday, he feels the time has come to settle that debt. This is how Mamita comes to life–a novel that intertwines two intimate relationships: the memory of the love between parents and their kids and the very process of writing. Through walks around the city, recollections from the Amazon jungle, and metafictional reflections, the writer-son explores the nature of his family ties, the social and racial tensions that permeate them, and the indelible mark of death. At the same time, he confronts the challenges of the novelist’s craft in capturing what time so often renders irretrievable.

Gustavo Rodr?guez delivers one of his most personal and contemplative novels yet. A family memoir that is also an exploration into literary creation. A hall of mirrors where the fresh, witty, and confessional prose of one of the most representative voices in contemporary Spanish American fiction shines.

Author: Gustavo Rodríguez
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.40h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9786073857567
Language: Spanish