Comadres

The twenty-one stories that make up this book speak, in one way or another, of mothers. But also of the intentions and drives of being or not being a mother. Or of the multiple and contradictory ways of being or not being a mother. And what it entails to be a mother or not to be one, or what it takes with it, perhaps forever in both cases. These solid narratives by Goiatz Labandibar deal with all of this. And also, of course, of the daughters and sons that give a woman the status of mother, as well as the relationships and contradictions that are established between her and hers. In short, the stories focus on the way of life of women (not on "woman" as an archetype), and scrutinize that moment in which being or not being a mother becomes a nuclear experience. The author uses very diverse records for this. Some pieces exude irony, others adopt a certain air of chronicle, stories that delve into reflection or the history of women and specific times are not rare. necessary. But all the narratives breathe a common literary intention: to investigate the consciousness of the characters, always hand in hand with a sustained curiosity, through the reasoning that supports their actions and behaviors. And certainly that intention curdles into a splendid literary achievement.