{"title":"Pedro Lemebel","description":"\u003cp\u003ePedro Lemebel stands as a vibrant and provocative voice in contemporary literature, whose work has left an indelible mark on both Chilean and global storytelling. Renowned for his unapologetic exploration of identity, sexuality, and politics, Lemebel’s writings deftly navigate the complexities of modern life with both grace and audacity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis collection here features compelling works like \u003cem\u003eA Last Supper of Queer Apostles\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Tender Matador\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which exemplify his unique ability to weave personal narratives with broader social commentaries. Set against the backdrop of Chile's tumultuous past, his stories resonate with themes of love, resistance, and resilience. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLemebel’s literary magic lies in his capacity to challenge conventions, presenting tales that are at once deeply personal yet universally relatable. In the categories of Arts \u0026amp; Culture and General Fiction, his books promise not just to entertain but to inspire reflection and conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-last-supper-of-queer-apostles-by-pedro-lemebel-9781782278245","title":"A Last Supper of Queer Apostles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearingly political, extravagantly stylish dispatches from the margins by a queer Latin American icon, in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"When everyone who has treated him like dirt is lost in the cesspit or in nothingness, Pedro Lemebel will still be a star.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Roberto Bolaño\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I speak from my difference\" wrote Pedro Lemebel, the Chilean writer who became an icon of resistance and queer transgression across Latin America. His innovative essays—known as cronicas—combine memoir, reportage, history and fiction to bring visibility and dignity to the lives of sexual minorities, the poor, and the powerless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a baroque, freewheeling style that fused political urgency with playfulness, resistance with camp, Lemebel shone a light on lives and events that many wanted to suppress: the glitzy literary salon held above a torture chamber, the queer sex and community that bloomed in Santiago's hidden corners, and the last days of trans sex workers dying of AIDS, each cast in the starring role of her own private tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Chile emerged from Pinochet's brutal dictatorship into a flawed democracy, Lemebel re-wrote the country's history from the margins, and today his subversive voice echoes around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"He speaks brilliantly for a difference that refuses to disappear\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Garth Greenwell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Pedro Lemebel is alive! And I am in love\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Keith Ridgway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A truly astonishing body of work\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Lauren John Joseph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A truly sensational addition to our collective heritage\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Neil Bartlett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46832248029420,"sku":"9781782278245","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15483073482822.jpg?v=1758372902"},{"product_id":"my-tender-matador-by-pedro-lemebel-9781805332336","title":"My Tender Matador","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the great novels of the past half century’ GARTH GREENWELL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rediscovered queer classic: the subversive, blazingly beautiful oddball romance between an ageing trans woman and a young revolutionary by a Latin American icon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is spring 1986 and Santiago's streets are aflame with protests against the dictator Augusto Pinochet. From her lavishly decorated hovel, the Queen of the Corner embroiders linen for the wealthy, dreams of romance, and listens to boleros to drown out the rioting and gunshots. When handsome young macho Carlos waltzes into her life, the ageing queer swiftly agrees to help with his clandestine activities. As a strange connection blooms, their fates careen towards that of the dictator himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in lushly imaginative prose that blends the sordid and the profound, the romantic and the militant, \u003ci\u003eMy Tender Matador\u003c\/i\u003e is a transgressive queer classic of desire and revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Katherine Silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePedro Lemebel (1952-2015) is considered one of the most important queer writers of twentieth-century Latin America and was also an activist and a performance artist. Born in Santiago, Chile, he became a renowned voice of Latin American counterculture during the Pinochet dictatorship and its aftermath. He received Chile's José Donoso Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is best known for his crónicas, a selection of which was published by Pushkin as \u003ci\u003eA Last Supper of Queer Apostles\u003c\/i\u003e, and one novel, \u003ci\u003eMy Tender Matador\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into more than a dozen languages and was adapted in 2020 into a critically acclaimed film by Chilean director Rodrigo Sepúlveda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKatherine Silver's most recent translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, César Aira, Verónica Zondek, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. She is the former director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC), and the author of \u003ci\u003eEcho Under Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072634372332,"sku":"9781805332336","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21337663482830.jpg?v=1765121556"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/pedro-lemebel.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}