illustrated by Rebeca Khamlichi
preface by Nemecatj
No pain, no gain. There’s no love without pain. The deeper the love, the deeper the hate. And so on and so forth goes the list of dialectical pairs we were fed ad nauseam.
Here’s another one: Amor y asco, “love and disgust”, in a form of prose poetry by Bebi Fernández — apparently, super famous Spanish feminist influencer of whom I never heard before.
Sorry, I don’t buy this. (I didn’t buy this book either, just borrowed from the library.) I’m sure there are many repulsive or hateworthy people on this planet but there is no intrinsic reason why one should detest someone only because, well, they simply ceased to be lovers. With all due respect to the author’s indubitably genuine feelings, I was not moved by her poems dealing with the “asco” part. But “amor”, yes. We can do with more of that.
Podría haberme enamorado de ti en cualquier momento |
No puedo saber si hoy ha sido o no un mal día, |
El segundo amor existe. |
Amor y asco Ilustrado — in contrast to simply Amor y asco — is a work of two, and I probably wouldn’t ever discover this book if not for striking and sensual illustrations by Rebeca Khamlichi.
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