The Department of Comparative Literature

Manigua Productions is proud to present Houses Without Walls, written and directed by UCLA Comp Lit Alumna Susannah R. Drissi, starring Magdalena Emar, Yelyna De Leon, and Maria Ignacia Hojas. Houses Without Walls portrays two generations of women coping with motherhood and madness in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Torn between historical and personal traumas, and love, fear, and resentment for their daughters, Candela and Gloria’s stories are almost impossible to tell apart. Each day, without reprieve, they speak to themselves and to each other across a wall. One day, however, the wall no longer holds, and Candela and Gloria come face to face. They simply can’t forget—if anything, they remember too much. Likewise, their daughters—now women living in exile—grapple with lives turned upside-down by history and personal choices. Their mothers will die without them. Their own daughters, too, will leave them one day. Ultimately, HOUSES WITHOUT WALLS reminds us that motherhood, like a revolution, is a life-altering event—often wrought with obligation, madness, and pain. Read an excerpt at LCG Lounge: www.lcgeditores.com/blog/2017/12/4/houses-without-walls-by-susannah-rodriguez-drissi

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UCLA Comp Lit Roundtable on Translation featuring the work of grad students Mariam Rahmani and Helga Zambrano. Wednesday, May 16th at 5:30 in Humanities 348. Dinner provided. ... See MoreSee Less

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