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Memories of a savage is a novel by the Valencian writer Bebi Fernández —Ms. I drank. Published in November 2018, it is the author's debut in this genre, and the text that opens her bilogy Wild. The play covers sensitive topics such as trafficking in women and sexual violence. Fernández uses direct and open language to reveal the harshness of this underworld and how in it victims are robbed of their freedom and forced to carry out inhuman and atrocious acts.
Miss Bebi is a feminist who uses her social networks —Twitter and Instagram— to actively help in this cause. For her, it is vital that she educate herself on gender equality and feminism. Consequently, argues: “We are really changing society through the internet. Social networks are a brutal educational engine for the generation after mine ”.
Summary of Memories of a savage
Great disappointment
In the summer of 96 -after fifteen years together-, Jacobo and Ana were waiting for their firstborn. He longed that the creature was a male, so that in the future he would take over the family business (drug trafficking), a job not suitable for women. However, After the birth, the man felt that all his plans fell apart: turned out to be a girl.
Difficult world
The baby was christened Kassandra —K—. She grew up in the middle of the typical macho environment where women only take care of the home. The beautiful young woman —with a difficult character and clear convictions— had a cloudy upbringing in which her father caused more sadness than happiness.
When K turned 19, Jacobo was assassinated. The event that could mean an exit from that terrible world for the young woman, triggered totally adverse situations.
New reality
The boss was liquidated by one of the mafias with which he did business, all due to a significant accumulation of debts. Despite the presumption that the "commitments" were settled after the death of Jacobo, Emil, the leader of the criminal group, demanded that K and his mother pay the money.
Both, penniless, submitted to the offender's orders to safeguard their lives. Due, K had to work as a receptionist in one of his brothels, until his accounts were settled.
Prostitution and mistreatment of women
In this den, K witnessed a terrible and harsh reality: dozens of women are treated as slaves ... beaten and abused daily. They are foreigners who were deceived with the premise of "a better future as models." They were kidnapped, removed from all contact with their loved ones and forced into prostitution to pay the "debt" of the trip that allowed them to reach "the promised land."
Resistance
On a daily basis, Emil and his henchmen - “the ice men” - kept all the women humiliated. However, none of them gave up hope. K refused to be subdued by the mafiaso he decided to enroll in self defense classes. It was like this came to Ram's gym, an attractive young krav magá expert, who instructed her in this martial art.
Connection
Between K and Ram there was an immediate connection, however, she resisted falling in love. The young woman developed such an aberration towards men that it was difficult for her to trust one. For its part, Ram didn't have an easy life either, and knows how to identify abuse, so exercise caution when approaching her. Said nexus consolidated the circumstantial picture From which another series of difficult and unexpected events unfold that lead to the outcome.
Analysis of Memories of a savage
Basic data of the novel
Memories of a savage has a total of 448 pages, Divided into 14 chapters with medium content. It is narrated in third person; Fernández uses a clear and strong language. The plot unfolds in a fluid rhythm that is increasing until its denouement.
Characters
Kassandra
She is a beautiful young woman, with a white complexion and green eyes that dazzles with her beauty. He grew up in an atrocious environment, surrounded by illegal acts and cruel men who did her enormous harm since she was a child. However, it has great strength; His impetuous spirit allowed him to face with courage the life that touched him after the death of his father. She will not rest until justice is done for herself and the rest of the Icemen's victims.
Frame
He is a young mixed race owner of a boxing gym. He has been practicing krav magá for years. Despite being an instructor, reserves the most dangerous and lethal techniques. Upon meeting K, he is struck by her beauty, but at the same time worries about her well-being after noticing a series of bruises on her skin. Without knowing it, the mere fact of having coincided with her puts his life in danger as well.
Other characters
The author managed to detail so deeply characters, that each one of them has a fair weight, there are no "fillers". Fernández placed special emphasis on the stories of the brothel women. Among them are: Katia, Bruna, Marcela, Maisha, Polina and Aleksandra; all young foreign girls, who tell their lives throughout the plot.
Theme
Wild Biology
Bebi Fernández raises her voice and sets a remarkable precedent about human trafficking and the magnitude of the sexual exploitation they suffer. Despite being a fictional story, it shows the harsh reality that many women live in Spain. For the author, society turns its back on this situation; In this regard, he maintains: "I wanted to give voice to this specific problem because the silence around it seems brutal to me."
Curiosities
In his career as a criminalist, the author has witnessed the dire consequences of sexual slavery. It was her repudiation of this barbarism that led her to capture everything in her two literary works. Of his experiences with these types of criminals, he stated: “I know how they work and no law or prohibition will stop them. It will only make it run out of consumers. "
He considers that education is essential to end these mafias and criminal structures. In relation to this, he expressed: "Education in values, emotional intelligence and empathy, is not basic pillar, but the very foundation on which the solution rests long-term problem of violence against women ”.
About the author, Bebi Fernández
Bebi Fernández, known by the pseudonym Srta. Bebi, was born in Valencia in 1992. She studied Criminology with a specialty in gender violence, organized crime and criminological and victimological intervention. She is a feminist activist, has great popularity on social networks. With more than a million and a half followers, is one of the most recognized influencers of feminism in Spain.
As a writer, she began in the literary world with books in poetic prose: Love and disgust (2016) and Indomitable (2017), both are diaries that he made in his youth. His great debut as a novelist was made in 2018 with the feminist narrative Memories of a savage. Two years later, after the success of this first novel, I continue with the same theme and presented: Queen (2021)