98 Segundos Sin Sombra

Genoveva is sixteen. She goes to a Catholic girls' school and lives, as she puts it, in the Ass End of the World - a remote town in deep Latin America, where modernization arrives hand-in-hand with drug trafficking. Between a mother lost in delusional dreams and a father clinging to the ruins of long-faded Trotskyism, Genoveva narrates her world with a voice that's raw, contradictory, fearless, and startlingly innocent.She doesn't like what she sees. She doesn't like what she touches. She doesn't like the life she has - or the one that awaits her. But from that discomfort emerges a fierce spiritual longing, a desperate urge to believe in something - anything - that might offer an escape.98 Seconds Without Shadow is a luminous, unsettling coming-of-age novel about faith, rebellion, and the unbearable solitude of adolescence. Through Genoveva's eyes, we glimpse a broken world where horror and hope are indistinguishable - and survival may lie in surrendering to either. Genoveva is sixteen. She goes to a Catholic girls' school and lives, as she puts it, in the Ass End of the World - a remote town in deep Latin America, where modernization arrives hand-in-hand with drug trafficking. Between a mother lost in delusional dreams and a father clinging to the ruins of long-faded Trotskyism, Genoveva narrates her world with a voice that's raw, contradictory, fearless, and startlingly innocent.She doesn't like what she sees. She doesn't like what she touches. She doesn't like the life she has - or the one that awaits her. But from that discomfort emerges a fierce spiritual longing, a desperate urge to believe in something - anything - that might offer an escape.98 Seconds Without Shadow is a luminous, unsettling coming-of-age novel about faith, rebellion, and the unbearable solitude of adolescence. Through Genoveva's eyes, we glimpse a broken world where horror and hope are indistinguishable - and survival may lie in surrendering to either.

Giovanna Rivero nació en la ciudad de Montero, Santa Cruz, en 1972. Es una cuentista y novelista boliviana. Es escritora y doctora en literatura hispanoamericana. En 2004, participó en el Iowa Writing Program y en 2006 fue premiada con la beca Fulbright que le permitió obtener una maestría en literatura latinoamericana de la Universidad de Florida. En 2014, pasó a recibir un doctorado en la misma universidad.​ En 2011, fue seleccionada por la Feria del Libro de Guadalajara como una de las 25 jóvenes promesas de la literatura latinoamericana.Es autora de los libros de cuentos Las bestias (1997, Premio Municipal Santa Cruz), Contraluna (2005), Sangre dulce (2006), Niñas y detectives (2009) y Para comerte mejor (2015, Premio Dante Alighieri 2018). También publicó los libros juveniles La dueña de nuestros sueños (2005), por el que recibió el Premio en Cuentos Franz Tamayo, y Lo más oscuro del bosque (2015, Libro recomendado del año por La Academia Boliviana de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil). Ha publicado cuatro novelas: Las camaleonas (2001), Tukzon (2008), Helena 2022 (2011) y 98 segundos sin sombra (2014, Premio Audiobook Narration y llevada al cine por el director boliviano Juan Pablo Richter). Giovanna Rivero was born in the city of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 1972 and is a writer of short stories and novels. She holds a doctorate in Hispano-American literature. In 2004, she studied on the Iowa Writing Program and in 2006 she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship that enabled her to take a masters in Latin American literature at the University of Florida. In 2014, she received her doctorate from the same university.​ In 2011, she was selected by the Guadalajara Book Fair as one of the 25 upcoming stars of Latin American literature.She is the author of the books of short stories Las bestias (1997, Premio Municipal Santa Cruz), Contraluna (2005), Sangre dulce (2006), Niñas y detectives (2009), Para comerte mejor (2015, Premio Dante Alighieri 2018) and Tierra Fresca de su Tumba (2021, published by Charco as Fresh Dirt from the Grave, 2023). She has also published the books for children La dueña de nuestros sueños (2005), which received the Premio en Cuentos Franz Tamayo, and Lo más oscuro del bosque (2015, recommended book of the year by the Bolivian Academy of Children's Literature). She has published four novels: Las camaleonas (2001), Tukzon (2008), Helena 2022 (2011) and 98 segundos sin sombra (2014, made into a feature film by Bolivian director Juan Pablo Richter and forthcoming from Charco Press as 98 Seconds Without a Shadow ). Her literary work, which moves between horror and science fiction, is regarded as an immense contribution to the renewal of the genre in Latin America.