Iván Repila est un écrivain, éditeur et gestionnaire culturel dont le travail se concentre principalement sur la poésie contemporaine. Son écriture aborde souvent des thèmes reflétant de profondes expériences humaines et des courants sociaux sous-jacents. Repila est également co-fondateur d'une maison d'édition dédiée à la nouvelle poésie. Ses œuvres littéraires ont suscité l'intérêt de producteurs de cinéma et de théâtre pour d'éventuelles adaptations.
"Two brothers, Big and Small, are trapped at the bottom of a well. They have no food and little chance of rescue. Only the tempting spectre of insanity offers a way out. As Small's wits fail, Big formulates a desperate plan. With the authority of the darkest fables and the horrifying inevitability of all-too-real life, Repila's unique allegory explores the depths of human desperation and, ultimately, our almost unending capacity for hope."--Provided by publisher
In this unexpectedly hilarious social novel, a misguided thirty-something tries to beat his girlfriend at her own game: becoming the ultimate feminist. When he first meets Najwa at a lecture by Siri Hustvedt—whom he’s never read—our hero discovers a whole new world of feminist thought. Determined to impress her, he sets out sincerely on his journey to allyship. His mother confides in him about the dreams she had to sacrifice because of the patriarchy, and he laments the violence and oppression women face. But he can’t help but notice that they’re going about their activism the wrong way… So our hero does what any good ally should: he gathers the worst of the macho men in town and begins a campaign to provoke the feminists. By “putting them in their place” with this phallic club—pelting demonstrators with raw eggs, posting obscene, threatening manifestos—he’s convinced he can make women understand, and get them to fight harder for the cause. Following him as his plan spectacularly fails, The Ally mixes humor, clever storytelling, and hard-core feminist theory to lampoon the macho superiority complex and our modern gender wars.
"El prestigioso arquitecto Emil Zarco recibe el encargo más importante de su carrera, un ambicioso proyecto urbanístico con el que podrá exponer sus ideas sobre la esencia y el destino de los hombres: somos una larga estirpe que ha de perpetuarse buscando el progreso y la mejora de nuestras capacidades. En la misma ciudad, otro hombre viaja en sentido contrario, pretende la desaparición, la ruptura con una sociedad que no le corresponde. No habla. El Mudo no quiere compañía. Emil y el Mudo están heridos: uno por la pérdida de un hijo y el otro por la imposibilidad de tenerlo. La ciudad es testigo y escenario de su batalla, por una parte contra sus propios demonios y, por otra, por el amor de una mujer"--Site internet de l'éditeur