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SOUR EMERALDS

ESMERALDAS AMARGAS The Novel by Rodrigo Villamizar Alvargonzalez Novela de Rodrigo Villamizar Alvargonzalez Jose Antonio Checa. President Foco Global magazine Presidente de Revista Foco Global

“I was just trying to zoom-in to a moment of justice miscarriage in Colombia that reflects some of its deepest problems. Emeralds are like Marx’s super-structure, the above-ground element in the novel, the ‘sex-appeal factor’. But in reality, the ‘infrastructure’ or undercurrent of the narration is how travesty* justice really works and how it radiates through all strata of society.” (R Villamizar, Author of Sour Emeralds).

“Solo pretendi acercarme al porque la justicia ha sufrido un aborto voluntario para convertirse en el problema más profundo que afronta el pueblo Colombiano. Las esmeraldas son la superestructura de la novela, el factor de ‘sexappeal.’ Pero en realidad, la infraestructura de la narración apunta a cómo funciona la justicia ‘travesti’* y cómo ella irradia veneno a través de todos los estamentos de la sociedad.

(*) ‘travesty’ for Villamizar has a double meaning: for one, it is a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something. But it also entails the ‘tragedy,’ of what causes great suffering, destruction, and social distress.

(*) ‘Travesti’ o ‘parodia’ para Villamizar tiene un doble significado: Uno, es la representación falsa, absurda o distorsionada de algo. Y otra aquellos que conlleva a la ‘tragedia’ de causar gran sufrimiento, destrucción institucional y angustia social.

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