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Item: Dame Pelota

Fernanda Laguna Dalia Rosetti

2008

Book, 158 p, language: Spanish, publisher: Editorial Mansalva, ISBN: 9789871474196.
Materials: Ink, paper

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2027/60).

Literary synopsis

Dame Pelota focuses on the world of female football and, from it, it projects onto the worlds of love and fantasy, beauty and happiness. The novel’s protagonists, Dalia and “the Catana”, will meet their mythical destiny in the midst of wild adventures that take place in the transfigured landscapes of Villa Fiorito and the Independiente football field.

Novel's website

Authorship: Fictional Ghost Writer.

Creative Strategy: No Link to Artworks.

Genre: Fantasy, Melodrama, Surrealist, Thriller.

Publishing: Publishing House.

Theme: Bisexuality, Drugs, Love, Mystery, Obsession, Rituals, Sex, Sports, Transvestism, Violence.

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