El Gato En El Remolino - by Luis Othoniel Rosa Paperback

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A utopian experimental novel that tells the story of the birth, life, and death of a collective consciousness called the Animal.

A utopian experimental novel that tells the story of the birth, life, and death of a collective consciousness called the Animal.

Book Synopsis

Una novela experimental y utópica que narra el nacimiento, la vida y la muerte de una conciencia colectiva.

"Lo que quiero decir es que la locura es un derecho". Así comienza El Gato en el remolino, una novela experimental y utópica que relata la historia del surgimiento, desarrollo y extinción de una conciencia colectiva conocida como el Animal.

El libro cuenta la historia de un mundo que resulta a la vez deseable y aterrador a lo largo de los próximos 377 años. Comienza en medio del relato. En el Caribe. Avanza lentamente, siguiendo con rigor la forma de un espiral narrativo a través de ciclos de destrucción. Luego regresa a nuestro presente, para que podamos contemplar cómo nuestro mundo se transforma en aquel otro. Su protagonista es una conciencia colectiva: el Animal. Nace. Crece y aprende. Muere. Es llorado por diosas cibernéticas. También grita: ¡La soledad es una enfermedad colectiva! ¡Defendamos nuestro derecho a la locura! ¡Valientes no son quienes resisten, sino quienes se atreven a soltar!

A utopian experimental novel that tells the story of the birth, life, and death of a collective consciousness called the Animal.'What I mean to say is that madness is a right.' So begins Animal Spiral, a utopian experimental novel that tells the story of the birth, life, and death of a collective consciousness called the Animal.The book narrates a tale about a world that is both desirable and terrifying over the next 377 years. It starts in the middle. In the Caribbean. It slowly follows the strict form of a narrative spiral through cycles of destruction. Then it moves back to our present so we can see our world becoming the other one. Its protagonist is a collective consciousness, the Animal. It is born. It grows and learns. It dies. It is mourned by cybernetic goddesses. It also screams: Loneliness is a collective disease! We defend our right to madness! Brave are not the ones who resist; brave are the ones who let go!

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About the Author

Luis Othoniel Rosa (Bayamón, Puerto Rico, 1985) studied at the University of Puerto Rico and received a PhD from Princeton University. He is the author of the novels Otra vez me alejo (Argentina: Entropía, 2012; Puerto Rico: Isla Negra, 2013) and Caja de fractales (Argentina: Entropía, 2017; Puerto Rico: La Secta de los Perros, 2018). The latter was creatively translated into English as Down with Gargamel! (USA: Argos Books, 2020). He is also the author of Calima, a wild bilingual fiction (Spanish-English) in collaboration with various artists and translators (Puerto Rico: La Impresora, 2023) and of the academic book, Comienzos para una estética anarquista: Borges con Macedonio (Chile: Cuarto Propio, 2016; Argentina: Corregidor, 2020). He is the founding editor of the online review_ElRoommate_ .