Bel Olid Libros

Tina es una intrépida y tiene una vida llena de ays, ehs y glups. Por suerte, ¡su madre la acompaña!

Razors, tweezers, wax and hair removal creams: these are the tools for the initiation rites that signal the passage from girl to woman. Today the only acceptable places for a woman to have hair are on her head (preferably long), her eyebrows (not too wild) and eyelashes (not too sparse). All kinds of cosmetics are sold to achieve the desired effect of localized luxuriance. At the same time, the industry of removing hair everywhere else on the body advances relentlessly. Hair is no longer a sign of joy but a battleground of cosmetic surgery. In this short book, the Catalan writer Bel Olid draws on her own experience to dismantle preconceived ideas about the supposed benefits of waxing and shaving and to lay bare the social penalties that are meted out to any woman who allows their body hair to grow. With clarity and courage she exposes the contradictions and hidden costs of hair removal and issues a rousing call to women everywhere to throw out the razor and rediscover the joy of hair.

In Wilder Winds, Bel Olid presents a stunning collection of short stories that draw on notions of individual freedom, abuses of power, ingrained social violence, life on the outskirts of society, and inevitable differences.

Bel Olid té la màgia i la precisió d'una llançadora de ganivets. Explora les relacions personals, la incomunicació, la violència i el sexe amb una veu neta que emmudeix, quan cal, per dir més. Els tretze contes del llibre presenten personatges sovint desorientats en un món que gira aparentment impertorbable i enigmàtic. Inquietuds i secrets són revelats per una escriptura que arrossega el lector i el convida a esquinçar la capa protectora de les formes socials i la reputació. Crueltat i puresa; el sexe i la violència com dos motors vitals. Bel Olid evoca un món personal, on el més delicat i el més terrible de la condició humana esdevenen dues cares de la mateixa moneda.