Libros de Lydia Vázquez Jiménez (2 libros)

Tired of her medical studies and still reeling from her lover's suicide, Laure seeks refuge in alcohol, refuses love, and sets out on a dangerous and exciting journey into the depths of the Pigalle neighborhood's nightlife in 1960s Paris. Soon she becomes Gigola, a young androgynous garçonne, attractive because of her rebelliousness—short hair, cane in hand, and dressed in a black velvet smoking jacket—and who expresses her defiance by selling her body. This barrier-breaking novel, a pioneer for current feminist tendencies, faithfully portrays the garçonne phenomenon that defined an...

Published by the author’s daughter after his death, this brief novel narrates a sexual encounter as experienced by the author himself. A night rife with sensuality is described with ample lyricism and mysticism, relating the encounter between two hedonistic characters, the initiating teacher Gide and the innocent but not-too-modest young Ferdinand. Openly autobiographical, this lustful tale explores desire as the engine that drives the one-way journey into the depths of the self. Publicada por la hija del autor luego de su muerte, esta breve novela narra un episodio sexual según...