Wayward

Two women, armed only with their brooms and their dignity, lead a protest against rising rents while the  house that shelters them tells their story of love and resistance. Based on the historical events of Buenos Aires’ Broom Strike of 1907, Ortiz, with her powerful poetic and narrative voice, immerses the reader in a story of love and resistance Following the success of her award-winning short story collection Sofoco, translated into several languages and recognized for its “powerful poetic and narrative voice,” Laura Ortiz Gómez, a promi-sing Latin American writer, presents her first novel, which, like her previous works, is notable for its lyrical realism.   Based on the historical events of Buenos Aires’ Broom Strike of 1907, Indócil tells the story of how women from the poorest neighborhoods organized against an unjust rent rise, confronting the landlords that oppressed them. With her unique lyrical prose, Laura Ortiz Gómez immerses the reader in a story of love and resistance. Vira and Olena care for the house, caressing its spaces with brooms and oiling its door hinges. The house remembers what everyone else has forgotten: its birth, the wails of the Tehuelche girl Don Demetrio brought back from the Conquest of the Desert, and the cry of the future in an infinite assembly where even the dead can take part. In this setting, tenderness transforms into rebellion, and the Earth itself speaks in a delirious chorus that places us in those vibrant streets where we can hear the echo of the women’s struggle on every corner.