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Jawbone (in English)
Mónica Ojeda
Synopsis "Jawbone (in English)"
Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award in Translated Literature! "Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?" Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from the Delta Bilingual Academy convene after school, Annelise leads them in thrilling but increasingly dangerous rituals to a rhinestoned, Dior-scented, drag-queen god of her own invention. Even more perilous is the secret Annelise and Fernanda share, rooted in a dare in which violence meets love. Meanwhile, their literature teacher Miss Clara, who is obsessed with imitating her dead mother, struggles to preserve her deteriorating sanity. Each day she edges nearer to a total break with reality. Interweaving pop culture references and horror concepts drawn from from Herman Melville, H. P. Lovecraft, and anonymous "creepypastas," Jawbone is an ominous, multivocal novel that explores the terror inherent in the pure potentiality of adolescence and the fine line between desire and fear.
(Guayaquil, 1988) Escritora ecuatoriana, considerada como una de las novelistas más relevantes de la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea. Obtuvo el título de Licenciada en Comunicación Social con mención en Literatura en la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Se graduó como Master en creación literaria en la Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona, Máster en Creación Literaria y Máster en Teoría y Crítica de la Cultura. Ha sido docente en la Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil en el área de Literatura. Fue incluida en la lista Bogotá 39-2017 como una de los 39 mejores escritores latinoamericanos de ficción menores de 40 años.
