Lo quieto se hace turbio

A work that dissolves the distinctions between the human, animal, plant, and mineral realms, creating striking imagery that will captivate readers of bold contemporary fiction. 

In this collection of short stories, encounters between animal, plant, and mineral beings unsettle an eerie calm. Two boys secretly in love, determined to prove their masculinity, believe they must lose their virginity by penetrating a rock. A longing to reach the sun's rays unleashes a storm. A body of water becomes the body of a girl. A feverish explorer is overwhelmed by the "New World" as it seeps into him through his skin.  

María José Ojeda writes like a prospector panning for gold in a wounded river: she stirs the sediments of language to reveal flashes of beauty, moments in which the human recognizes itself as part of an ancient whole that predates self-awareness. These stories invite readers to discover a language that brushes against the living world and, through nature, restores a forgotten, untamed intimacy.