The brevity of bellatin s novella is deceptivein just sixtythree pages, the story of this unnamed narrator. Beauty salon, a novella by the mexican writer mario bellatin and translated into english by kurt hollander, is a sad but ultimately lifeaffirming story told by an unnamed narrator who has converted his beauty salon, salon to the stars, into a hospice called the terminal for men in the last stages of a horrific disease. The brevity of bellatin s novella is deceptivein just sixty. This focus on production underlines the social and political nature of space. Animality, sexuality and the politics of death in mario bellatins. Mario bellatin s beauty salon, translated elegantly from the spanish by kurt hollander, is a strange and beautiful parable about human bodies living and dying on the fringes of society. Mario bellatin was born in mexico city to peruvian parents. Mario bellatin was born in mexico city in 1960 and studied film in cuba. A singular talent and risktaking storyteller, bellatin is the author of the short novels, canon perpetuo, efecto invernadero, damas chinas, and poeta ciego. Descargue como doc, pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Entrevista al escritor mario bellatin medium en espanol.
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