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Laura C. Vela and Elvira Liceaga in conversation with Nicolás Morales

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Cartagena 2026, 

Vacuums, fragmentation and people seeking to recover their place in the world; two authors present their most recent books. Laura C. Vela (Spain) is the author of the publishing phenomenon Seisimil, a short, emphatic book in which a woman character takes a deep dive into her own history, in a fragmentary way; Elvira Liceaga (Mexico) has published the novel Las vigilantes, in which three Mexico City women deal with loss.

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Laura C. Vela and Elvira Liceaga in conversation with Nicolás Morales