Dyke Book Club February

Dyke Book Club February

In February we will be reading "Undiscovered" by Gabriela Wiener.

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"Peruvian writer Wiener (Sexographies) plumbs the depths of her family history while exploring the legacy of colonialism in this incisive work of autofiction. The narrator, a self-described “chola” or dark-skinned Peruvian woman named Gabriela, lives in Spain in a queer polyamorous triad, and is proud of her nontraditional life. Then her beloved father dies, and she returns to Peru in mourning. There, she inquires into the lives of patriarchal figures further back in her family’s history, including her great-great-grandfather, the Austrian-French explorer Charles Wiener, who brought Indigenous artifacts back to Europe for display. As she researches her ancestor, she also learns about her father and his infidelities. Weiner shifts seamlessly from the intimate to the historical, often with humor. Weiner’s slim and affecting novel will whet readers’ appetites for more.”

 

26 days ago
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Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93, 1093 XN Amsterdam
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