Pedro Lemebel

Tengo miedo torero

Chilean man disguised as woman resists Pinochet's military regime through subversion

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Pedro Lemebel
Pedro Lemebel

Chilean novelist and artist whose Tengo miedo torero is a lyrical novel set during the Pinochet years. His work celebrates queer Chilean life with baroque elegance and political defiance. He is one of the most celebrated Latin American queer literary voices.

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