Reservoir Bitches
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| Author | Dahlia de la Cerda |
|---|---|
| Original title | Perras de reserva |
| Translator | Heather Cleary and Julia Sanches |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Sexto Piso, Scribe Publications |
| Publication date | 2022 |
| Publication place | Mexico |
Published in English | 26 September 2024 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 184 |
| ISBN | 978-1-915590-43-5 |
| Dewey Decimal | 863.7 |
| LC Class | PR9455.D3 R46 |
Reservoir Bitches is a 2022 anthology of short stories written by Dahlia de la Cerda. The collection follows the lives of thirteen interconnected Mexican women in different social contexts as they conflict with matters of race, sexuality, poverty, and politics. The novel received an English language translation in 2024 by Heather Cleary and Julia Sanches. In 2025 it was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.[1]
Background
A native of Aguascalientes, Cerda observed that the topic of feminicides was underexplored in literature.[2] After her family suffered a feminicide, Cerda was inspired to write about the violence that women in Mexico experience, eventually expanding to social issues such as class and sexual identity. Cerda was initially discouraged from pursuing the topic, noting that people claimed it was more "sociology than literature", but after winning a literary scholarship she endeavored the write the stories that would make up Reservoir Bitches.[3]
Stories
- "Parsley and Coca Cola"
- "Yuliana"
- "God Forgive Us"
- "Costanza"
- "God Didn't Come Through"
- "La China"
- "The Rose of Sharon"
- "Regina"
- "Mariposa de Barrio"
- "The Smile"
- "Sequins"
- "Playing with Fire"
- "La Huesera"
References
- ↑ "Reservoir Bitches: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025 | the Booker Prizes". 26 September 2024.
- ↑ "Dahlia de la Cerda". Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "Dahlia de la Cerda, la mexicana que desafió el consejo de no escribir sobre feminicidios porque "la realidad ya era demasiado abrumadora"". El Diario. 13 May 2024.
Further reading
- Cid, Alejandro Santos (25 February 2025). "La autora mexicana Dahlia de la Cerda, finalista del Premio Booker Internacional". El País (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- Cantu, Irma Leticia (2025). "Perras que ladran sí muerden: Genealogía de un reclamo, ejemplos sicarios de "Perra brava" (2010) de Orfa Alarcón y "Perras de reserva" (2022) de Dahlia de la Cerda". Confluenze. Rivista di Studi Iberoamericani. 17 (2): 362–383. doi:10.60923/issn.2036-0967/20816.
- Jimenez Marquez, Jorge Rubén (2024). "Echadas para adelante: Las narradoras de la violencia en Perras de reserva de Dahlia de la Cerda". Recherches. 33: 29–42. doi:10.4000/12o4i.
- Simón, Carmen (2022). "Perras de Reserva" (PDF). Criticismo (47): 13–14.
- Morales López, Micaela (2025). "Violencia Cultural en Perras de Reserva, de Dhalia de la Cerda". Pirandante (16): 78–94.