Torero, ich hab Angst

"He didn't need to write any poetry to become the greatest poet of my generation." Roberto Bolaño. In the spring of '86, the signs point to a storm; Augusto Pinochet's power is crumbling: protests, burning tires in the streets of Santiago, power outages, calls for revolution on the radio. Only the world-forgotten heroine of this story, no longer young, no longer a man, has eyes only for Carlos, the handsome student who, despite her stubble, her poverty, and her flamboyant nature, keeps getting closer. She throws herself completely into hope, sings love songs, laughs, and fantasizes, but in vain. For who has the power, who determines the boundaries between above and below, between man and woman? Certainly not her. And so, she is left with only resistance, on her tongue and in her heart. In vibrant, powerful, brilliant language, Pedro Lemebel tells a story of political militancy and sexual dissidence. "Torero, I'm scared" is the first queer love novel in world literature. A biting work of liberation from repression and unfreedom.