Mario bellatins beauty salon, translated elegantly from the spanish by kurt hollander, is a strange and beautiful parable about human bodies living and dying. Rejected by family and friends, some of the sick have nowhere to finish out their days until a hair stylist decides to offer refuge. Mario bellatin s beauty salon, translated elegantly from the spanish by kurt hollander, is a strange and beautiful parable about human bodies living and dying on the fringes of society. Rather than have a plot or any story arc, the novella simply exists as a snapshot of an existence. With this strategy, bellatin brings into prominence the fact that our world is actually distorted.
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