El vuelo de los avestruces
| Author | Boris Izaguirre |
|---|---|
| Language | Spanish |
| Published | 1991 |
| Publication place | Venezuela |
El vuelo de los avestruces (lit. 'The Flight of the Ostriches') is the debut novel by Venezuelan writer Boris Izaguirre, published in 1991, starring a homosexual dwarf in Caracas in the late eighties and early nineties.[1]
History
El vuelo de los avestruces was the second highest selling book of the year after its publication and was mentioned in Britannica Book of the Year along with other Latin-American novels.[2][3] Unlike previous works on male homosexuality published in Venezuela, it approached the subject in a much more lighthearted and ironic manner.[4]
The novel was republished in 2006 under the publishing house Alpha Decay.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Letralia 139 | Reeditada la primera novela de Boris Izaguirre". Letralia. 3 April 2006. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Balderston, Daniel; Gonzalez, Mike (2004). Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-30687-4.
- ^ Yust, Walter; Hooper, Franklin Henry (1993). Britannica book of the year. 1938-. Internet Archive. Chicago, IL : Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- ^ Varderi, Alejandro (2006). "Ser gay en Venezuela: Literatura y homosexualidad por las tierras de Bolívar" [Being gay in Venezuela: Literature and homosexuality in the land of Bolívar]. Orientaciones (11). ISSN 1576-978X. Retrieved 2024-09-28.