Summary
Camas gemelas is the first novel by the writer Paola Caballero Daza (Cartagena, 1975). It is a brave narration about depression and suicide, with some allusion to racism in the Colombian context, exploring their existential dimensions. The novel is built on the relationship between two siblings, Negro and Nena, through remembrances of their childhood and adolescence bouncing from vital memories —the beach, laughter, music— to the grim ones —sickness, racism, and violence. The characters dive into each other and become a reflection of their complex being and desires, generating an intimacy both liberating and melancholic. Through an honest poetic view, the author puts together a subtle emotional landscape in which the light of sadness glows. This novel narrates the impossibility of grief and the ambivalent exploration of wounds; it may definitely be read as a treatise of melancholy.

Data sheet
Category: novel
ISBN: 978-958-48-8717-7
Publication date: 20/11/2020
Extent: 164
Format: 13 x 19 cm