Children's & YA
Journey to the Land of Men
by Mónica-Ramón Ríos
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Journey to the Land of Men follows Gege, a skilled orphan raised by a sword master near Puna in Los Andes. In a post-apocalyptic future, the Southern Globe (formerly South America) is governed by women who nurture the Earth with mestizo knowledge. Invading armies of men threaten their peaceful existence due to outdated extractive economies. Gege becomes crucial in the conflict, joining a group of young warriors to uncover the enemy's leaders. With Ena, the future leader of the Southern Globe and Gege's love interest, they embark on a dangerous mission dragged as men. Tragedy strikes when Gege's teacher is killed, fueling suspicions of a traitor. As they journey through Central America towards the Caribbean, they liberate cities and face perilous landscapes. As they reach Florida and then New York with the help of an underground organization, Gege discovers Ena's identity as a trans woman, who has travel to undergo sex change. In love, Gege supports Ena, but soon learns Ena's family is responsible for her teacher's death. Driven and confused, Gege ventures alone to the enemy's stronghold, enduring torture and uncovering shocking truths about her own identity: her mother, the leader who liberated the Southern Globe came from across the Atlantic and was betrayed by Ena’s mother, the current leader. Gege escapes with unexpected help from Ena and her surviving teacher, unleashing her latent powers to eliminate the enemy. She sets sail across the Atlantic to explore her ancestral roots, entrusting Ena with leading the Southern Globe.
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- Journey combines elements of wuxia and danmei literature with Latin American and Chicanx storytelling traditions. This novel builds upon the lead artist's previous work in exploring the transness of identity, incorporating principles learned from philosophies of América mestiza and infusing the narrative with the medicine, ethics, and spiritualities of these cultures. It draws
inspiration from authors who explore racial encounters and cultural interactions through magical realism, fantasy, science fiction, and the mixture between storytelling and myth –– the exact
middle ground between N.K Jemisin’s Inheritance trilogy, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (or The Untamed), and Gloria Anzaldúa’s La Frontera/Borderlands ––. - Journey to the Land of Men is a young adult fantasy novel written specifically to empower young
queer Latinas by exploring themes of identity, feminism, queerness, and resilience.
Author Biography
Mónica-Ramón Ríos is a writer originally from Chile, based in New York for thirteen years. She has twenty years of experience in writing prose, screenplays, and teaching creative writing. She has published six books (two novels, one collection of short stories, three essays on literature, film, and queer
feminism) and a long list of academic articles. Her literary work has appeared in Spanish and in English in Granta [Spain], Hyperallergic, Lit Hub, La Tempestad, El Desconcierto, among others. In 2021, one of her screenplays was awarded with one of the most prestigious awards in Chile; she has also received a grant from NYSCA for this novel. She currently
teach film studies, gender and sexualities, and screenwriting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
She writes in Spanish and in English, and her work has been translated into English. Journey is her first novel written directly in English, geared towards her community, and ushered by her expertise as an educator. The novel is in process, with a
projected total of 400 pages. It is story-driven like a screenplay, but explores characters in depth, as novels do.
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- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleJourney to the Land of Men
- Biblio NotesFull book in development. Sample offered here
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