Podcast - Fourth episode of Irreverent Stories

Mariquita, a Grotesque Story

In this episode, Pablo Lombó presents Storia di Mariquita, a tale by the Mexican writer Guadalupe Dueñas, born in 1910 in Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco.

The author, raised in a traditional and Catholic environment, uses her writing to express the inner tensions, pressures, and social expectations that women faced in the first half of the 20th century.

In this story from 1958, the writer addresses the theme of death and its acceptance through a macabre and fantastic narrative, somewhat gruesome, that challenges reality. The impetus is the tiny body of the deceased older sister, who died as a newborn, preserved by the father first, and then by the grown sisters, in a jar of chili peppers. This presence is unsettling, symbolizing suffering, yet it is also a reassuring presence.

A narrative about death, macabre and fantastic, that challenges reality.
Storia di Mariquita is another story from the anthology Storie irriverenti.

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