No Quisimos Ser Soldados [Spanish]

By Francisco Javier Olivas

We didn't want to be soldiers' immerses us in the lives of three anonymous men who find in sex a refuge, a place where desire and intimacy become their only salvation in the face of fear, lack of love and the danger of loving outside heterosexual norms. Francisco Javier Olivas offers us a raw and powerful narrative, where love, pain and self-discovery intertwine in a scenario marked by repression and the struggle for identity. Through these characters, Olivas explores three stories that are impossible to unite: a man facing the uncertainty of a possibly definitive goodbye, another whose soul has been disfigured by hatred, and a third who, in the intimacy of a bedroom, hides his true identity in order to survive in a world that marginalizes him. Each intimate encounter is an act of resistance, a cry for sexual and emotional freedom in times where exclusivity and heteronormativity are imposed as absolute norms. Olivas' fourth novel is a hymn to authenticity, an invitation to immerse oneself in the complexities of desire and love in a world that still condemns what is different. It is a story where the body becomes a battlefield and love, in its purest form, defies all conventions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 841028829X
• ISBN13: 9788410288294
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Almuzara
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"