Description
HUNCH
Book Summary
In Hunch (Corazonada), Berta García Faet constructs a poetic universe where love and language blur into a single quest. Through a voice that unfolds into multiple aliases—the Hunch, the Flower-Eater, the Pearl-Thief—the author explores the experience of desire and passion from a contemporary and playful perspective. This collection of poems, which has earned a solid critical reputation, invites the reader to traverse a territory where affections intersect with visual culture, literature, and memory, offering a deep reflection on how we name and experience love.
What is it about?
The book follows the steps of a girl who, driven by a hunch, sets out to explore falling in love through forms as diverse as a comic, a painting, or a prehistoric language. This central figure, who also answers to the names of the Flower-Eater, the Pearl-Thief, or the Pitaya Girl, embodies presentiment and passion in all their facets. Throughout 360 pages, the poems move between desire, identity, and the word, questioning whether love and language are, at their core, the same thing. With a style that combines irony, sensitivity, and erudition, García Faet weaves a work that is both an intimate diary and a lyrical essay on affections.
Main Themes
- The relationship between love and language as creative and transformative forces.
- Female identity and its multiple masks or aliases in the amorous experience.
- Desire as a motor for artistic and vital exploration, from comics to painting.
- Passion understood as a state of alert and presentiment, rather than a stable feeling.
- Memory and pop culture as poetic materials to narrate the process of falling in love.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers of contemporary poetry looking for a fresh, intelligent, and emotionally complex voice. It is ideal for those who enjoy lyrics that engage with visual culture, feminist theory, and formal experimentation, without losing narrative momentum. It will also interest those who want to explore how language shapes our most intimate affective experiences.
What this book offers
- An original look at love, far from romantic tropes and closer to philosophical and playful inquiry.
- A poetic style that integrates highbrow and popular references naturally, enriching the reading.
- A structure that, through aliases and repetitions, invites the reader to experience the collection as an emotional coming-of-age novel.
- A reflection on the power of language to create and destroy that which we call passion.
Technical Specifications
- Author: Berta García Faet
- Publisher: La Bella Varsovia
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Poetry, Poetry by individual poets
- Collection: Poetry
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: October 2023
- Number of pages: 360
- Weight: 250 g
Editorial Review
Hunch stands as a mature work within Berta García Faet's trajectory, consolidating her ability to fuse theoretical reflection with poetic emotion. The paperback edition from La Bella Varsovia facilitates access, and its length (360 pages) allows for a leisurely development of the themes. It is a title that will resonate especially with readers interested in contemporary Spanish poetry that defies the boundaries of the genre, offering a reading experience that is at once intellectual and visceral.