Ad on front of new edition of work by the late Mexican novelist criticised for focusing on her relationships with male writers
A Spanish publisher has apologised for promoting a novel by the late Mexican writer Elena Garro on the basis of her relationships with some of the most famous male Latin American writers of the 20th century rather than as an author celebrated in her own right.
The Madrid-based Drácena recently published Garro’s 1982 novel Reencuentro de Personajes (Character Reunion) to mark the centenary of her birth. But its choice of wording on a band around the new edition has been criticised for being “hyper-sexist”, misogynist and offensive.
Vergonzosa manera de presentar a Elena Garro, definida por los hombres de su vida y no por su obra. http://pic.twitter.com/CVDhJ5K0Bw
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