Savage Theories

"Savage Theories" is a debut novel that takes place in the world of Argentine academia and follows the story of Rosa Ostreech, a beautiful but self-conscious narrator. The novel is described as a vibrant and ambitious whirlwind, with comparisons to other contemporary fiction being deemed dull and simple-minded. The story delves into themes of seduction, madness, hate, and love, and is influenced by philosophers such as Wittgenstein, Rousseau, Nabokov, and Bolaño. The characters in the novel struggle with their own theories and beliefs, exploring topics such as violence, culture, human consciousness, and civilization. The story also takes the reader to Africa in 1917, where a Dutch anthropologist is working on a theory about the origins of human consciousness. Overall, "Savage Theories" is a complex and thought-provoking novel that explores fear, violence, war, sex, and philosophy in our modern, digital world.

"A stunning vibrant maximalist whirlwind of a novel. Oloixaracs wit and ambition are evident on every page. By comparison, most other contemporary fiction seems a little dull and simple-minded."Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears andGods Without Men

A debut novel of seduction and madness, hate and love, set in the world of Argentine academia and animated by the spirits of Wittgenstein, Rousseau, Nabokov and Bola*o

Rosa Ostreech, a pseudonym for the novels beautiful but self-conscious narrator, carries around a trilingual edition of Aristotles Metaphysics, struggles with her thesis on violence and culture, sleeps with a bourgeois former guerrilla, and pursues her elderly professor with a highly charged blend of eroticism and desperation. Elsewhere on campus, Pabst and Kamtchowsky tour the underground scene of Buenos Aires, dabbling in ketamine, group sex, video games, and hacking. And in Africa in 1917, a Dutch anthropologist named Johan van Vliet begins work on a theory that explains human consciousness and civilization by reference to our early primate ancestorsanimals, who, in the process of becoming human, spent thousands of years as prey.

Savage Theories wryly explores fear and violence, war and sex, eroticism and philosophy. Its complex and flawed characters grapple with a mess of impossible, visionary theories, searching for their place in our fragmented digital world.