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Mutation
General Fiction突变
(mexico) Jorge Comensal
In the face of unexpected "mutations" in life, what else can we do? This astonishing debut novel by a rising star in the Mexican literary world writes about the irresistible dilemmas of life in a relaxed and humorous way, focusing on the health, family, and marriage crises of middle-aged people; tearing apart the truth of life and facing the inner fear: one illness is enough to destroy a middle-aged person. _X000b_ Attorney Ramon Martinez has a successful career, is a traditional family man, and is a staunch atheist. When he had to undergo surgery to lose his tongue and was unable to speak, everything changed, and a silent tragicomedy began. His wife, Carmela, begins to argue daily with her husband who cannot answer her; two adolescent children are forced to face new situations, each struggling with overeating and masturbation; Ramon's melancholy oncologist cannot forget a young patient he cannot save; and a selfish pathologist believes that Ramon's tumor is the key to a major medical breakthrough. One day, the maid brought a foul-mouthed parrot as a birthday gift to Ramon. Ramon discovered that he could communicate with the parrot better than anyone around him - it could curse and shout out everything Ramon could not. It thus becomes Ramon's companion, confidant, and incredible doppelgänger. "Mutation" pays tribute to the works of predecessors such as Sontag, Didion, Flaubert and Tolstoy. It boldly writes about an unspeakable and universal reality, with a rugged poetry tinged with regret, anger, and ultimately resignation, and offers a profound and entertaining cross-section of contemporary Mexican life.
In the face of unexpected "mutations" in life, what else can we do? This astonishing debut novel by a rising star in the Mexican literary world writes about the irresistible dilemmas of life in a relaxed and humorous way, focusing on the health, family, and marriage crises of middle-aged people; tearing apart the truth of life and facing the inner fear: one illness is enough to destroy a middle-aged person. _X000b_ Attorney Ramon Martinez has a successful career, is a traditional family man, and is a staunch atheist. When he had to undergo surgery to lose his tongue and was unable to speak, everything changed, and a silent tragicomedy began. His wife, Carmela, begins to argue daily with her husband who cannot answer her; two adolescent children are forced to face new situations, each struggling with overeating and masturbation; Ramon's melancholy oncologist cannot forget a young patient he cannot save; and a selfish pathologist believes that Ramon's tumor is the key to a major medical breakthrough. One day, the maid brought a foul-mouthed parrot as a birthday gift to Ramon. Ramon discovered that he could communicate with the parrot better than anyone around him - it could curse and shout out everything Ramon could not. It thus becomes Ramon's companion, confidant, and incredible doppelgänger. "Mutation" pays tribute to the works of predecessors such as Sontag, Didion, Flaubert and Tolstoy. It boldly writes about an unspeakable and universal reality, with a rugged poetry tinged with regret, anger, and ultimately resignation, and offers a profound and entertaining cross-section of contemporary Mexican life.