A diary written on a roll of toilet paper because the pandemic is rubbish.
In 2019, a sick bat triggers a global pandemic and, shortly after, a lesbian with anxiety finds herself locked down in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in East London. From there begins Diario de una lesboterrorista de cuarentena en Londres: a notebook written, literally, on a roll of toilet paper that records the emotional exile of a paranoid protagonist trying to survive herself while it seems the world is ending.
Obsessed with cleanliness, cheese, and “borrowed” wine, the narrator takes refuge in small quirks that barely cover a brutal need for human contact. At the same time, she maintains a long-distance relationship with “Her” that stretches and shrinks through screens, voice notes, and misunderstandings, whose physical absence pushes the protagonist toward a new sexual awakening, sometimes almost against her will.
With a sharp tone and plenty of humor, Noguera López turns the lockdown into a queer tragicomedy about self-management of emotions, mental health, and loneliness in times of social isolation. The book works as a generational diary: a lesbian trapped between her fears, a neighborhood both queer and ultra-Orthodox, precarious work, video calls, and the feeling of living in a low-budget apocalypse.
Diario de una lesboterrorista de cuarentena en Londres is the author’s first publication and condenses her particular outlook: trashy, critical, and tender at the same time, with a voice that sounds like a drunken confession, a late-night audio note, and a knowing wink to anyone who has tried not to go mad in a tiny flat during lockdown. The edition includes extra online material, such as the official playlist of the book.
“Lesboterrorism is a movement that aims to lesbianize the world with plaid shirts and Dr. Martens.” Noguera López
About the author:
Noguera López (El Ejido, Almería, 1989) holds a degree in Advertising and has worked as a creative copywriter in Barcelona. In 2018 she was admitted to the scriptwriting master’s at the London Film School, where she developed several projects, one of which was shortlisted for the Cannes Series residency. Since then she has combined her work in marketing with writing in narrative, film, and television; in 2022 she took part in the Generamma residency with her feature film Esparta. According to the publisher, her most unusual facet is that of a collector: she has amassed a gallery of memes with more than a thousand pieces.
