Monkey Genetics— María José Ramírez

In Genetics of Monkeys, María José Rangel narrates her story through her emotional ties. Returning to the past to collect memories, she writes about her childhood and youth growing up alongside her mother, her sisters, and brothers, in a home marked by divorce and her father's intermittent presence. Navigating her memory to find beginnings and endings, Majo discovers her path and the voice of her body as she tries to understand the meaning of the pregnancies, births, deaths, and unions that tell the epic of her troop: that extended family formed by those bound not only by blood but also by love and friendship.

Written with sweetness, honesty, and a great sense of humor, this novel is a portrait of an era, a beautiful reflection on human affections, and a mirror that returns our face transformed into a monkey, a tiger, a snake, or a mandrill. The author has built an altar for the grieving heart and the infinite joy of memory. A mausoleum made of words, trees, beasts, and ocean waves, as a grandiose homage to death and, therefore, a celebration of life.

No. Pages: 248 / Dimensions: 21.5 cm (Height) x 14.5 cm (Width)