Tuesday, October 25, 2016

In the Heat of Silence- Advance Translation Project


En el Corazón del Silencio/ In the Heart of Silence, de Wladimir Chávez. En conversación con Raysa Amador y Ana Simón (Adelphi University). Music by Jay Loomis.
Event date:
Friday, November 18, 2016 - 6:00pm
Event address:
52 Prince Street. NY 10012

Translation Coordinator: Ana Simon Alegre (Adelphi University)

Translators (Adelphi’s Students): Paloma Casteleiro, Lauren Donahue, Jessenia Gonzalez, Declan Hart, Doris Maldonado, Angelica Mendez, Kimberly Moreira, Rima Patel, Jaclyn Torchon, Collin Savage, Monica Velazquez.


"In the Heart of Silence is a literary debut that shows real evidence of the possibilities of narrative. In this collection of short stories, Chávez carves out a path which leads to many different expectations”. Huilo Ruales

"En el Corazón del Silencio es una ópera prima que evidencia innegables potencialidades narrativas. Sin lugar a dudas, Chávez nos anuncia con este cuentario que delante suyo se despliega un camino literario con muchas expectativas". Huilo Ruales

In the five stories gathered under the title In the Heart of Silence, Wladimir Chávez Vaca recalls the world of his youth, a world that is similar to that of his contemporaries, and yet different, possibly even a little strange. Perhaps there is a distinct nuance to the majority of the works of his Ecuadorian generation: the cosmopolitan aspect (...) The characters that populate that world sometimes perplex the reader with their decisions, and with the twists and turns encountered on their ways to understanding life and confronting it with bravery in often unexpected ways. Neither easy nor superficial, these short stories tear at the human soul with their amazing simplicity.  Jorge Dávila Vázquez.

Con cinco cuentos agrupados bajo el título que da nombre a estas líneas, Wladimir Chávez Vaca evoca su mundo, el universo de su juventud, que son los mismos de sus contemporáneos, y, sin embargo diferentes, posiblemente un poco extraños. Quizás haya un matiz distinto con los orbes de la mayoría de su generación ecuatoriana: el aspecto cosmopolita (…) Es remarcable la personalidad de unos seres, que, a veces, desconciertan al lector con sus decisiones, sus giros en el modo de ver su vida y enfrentarla de manera valiente, insospechada. No son historias fáciles ni superficiales, son desgarramientos del alma humana que se dan con una simpleza, una sencillez, asombrosa.  Jorge Dávila Vázquez.

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