Gabriela Wiener Bücher

From the daring Peruvian essayist behind Sexographies comes a fierce and funny exploration of sex, pregnancy, and motherhood, diving into our complex fascination with human reproduction. Women play with the power of reproduction, whether contemplating the joy of a baby or the freedom of not having one. At fifteen, the idea is enticing, while at thirty, it can feel daunting. Gabriela Wiener embraces challenges and unpleasant truths, having previously infiltrated dangerous prisons and explored swingers clubs. When she unexpectedly becomes pregnant at thirty, she approaches the experience like a mountain climber facing a peak. With a scientist’s curiosity and a libertine’s imagination, she devours information during her pregnancy, reflecting on how pleasure and pain intertwine with bodily experiences. She notes the inadequacy of pregnancy manuals in preparing women for unexpected feelings or the simultaneous hangover of morning sickness. Navigating the myriad choices and demands of pregnancy, each amplified to feel life-altering, Wiener challenges societal views that place pregnant women on pedestals or reduce them to political symbols. With humor and directness, she questions dogmas, upends stereotypes, and embraces the complexities of motherhood, revealing the beauty and terror inherent in the propagation of the species.

Exploring the complexities of colonialism, a Peruvian journalist delves into her family's intertwined history with both colonizers and the colonized. Alone in a Paris museum, she confronts the legacy of her great-great-grandfather, an Austrian explorer who looted pre-Columbian artifacts from her homeland. As she navigates her father's infidelity and her own polyamorous relationships, she unpacks themes of abandonment, jealousy, and racism, ultimately seeking to reconcile her personal struggles with the broader historical wounds of her ancestry.

Qué locura enamorarme yo de ti es una obra de teatro que reflexiona sobre los modelos familiares y el estatuto romántico. Fiel a su poética del relato personal descarnado, la escritora Gabriela Wiener aterriza discursos acerca del poliamor, la no monogamia y los vínculos relacionales en su propia experiencia. Aquí operan tanto las pulsiones emocionales como políticas de su autora, y ese encuentro, que a menudo es una confrontación, da luces sobre el dolor, la mentira, los celos y, finalmente, el amor.