The book "Plop" by Rafael Pinedo will be reissued by the InterZona publishing house, that in this way will bring back one of the great classics of national science fiction.

This work means the first novel by this Argentine author, that was published and awarded the Casa de las Américas Award in 2002, year of the foundation of InterZona.

“Plop”, For his part, he remains unscathed against the passage of time due to the validity of his ruthless dissection of society., for the crudeness and cruelty of its history, for the seamless solidity of his narrative technique and for his aseptic use of language.

Within the post-apocalyptic world proposed by the text, the rain never stops on this flat mud wasteland where nothing grows. Due, humanity is dispersed in nomadic tribes that survive by collecting rainwater, of the food and junk left over from the now extinct civilization, and looting and war against other human groups.

In this context of absolute desolation, the son of La Cantora is born. In the middle of a caravan, tied to a moving wagon, His mother gives him the name of the sound he makes when he falls into the mud.: “Plop”. sick and weak, The Chanter cannot work or be useful and is discarded by her tribe, so the child becomes the property of Old Goro, a wise woman who remembers what the world was like before the rain (a tribute by the author to Angélica Gorodischer, pioneer and cultivator of science fiction in Argentina).

Within the community that Plop inhabits, the law of the strongest prevails and ferocious violence. There is no family or friendship, people group into brigades to survive and sex (with or without consent) is called "use". Pinedo does not hesitate to vividly capture scenes of ruthless cruelty and manages to build unforgettable characters with a remarkable economy of resources.: the warrior, The Urso and the Weird, that it is the only one that awakens in Plop the closest thing to a feeling of love.