In a review of the book, a reviewer for
Publishers Weekly called the tale a chronicle of "the bizarre, brutal existence of characters on the fringes" and a "harsh, provoking yet graceful tale of exploitation."
Divorcing her husband after five years of marriage, Valenzuela moved to Paris and began working as a writer for Radio Television Française. She returned to Buenos Aires in 1961 and worked as an editor at La Nacion, the Buenos Aires newspaper, as editor of the Sunday supplement from 1964 to 1972. "I learned a lot from journalism because when I began to work for the supplement to La Nacion I stayed there for nine years," Valenzuela commented in an interview with Matrix. "I had a boss, Ambrosio Vecino, who was a literary man and was very keen on style. He taught me how to express ideas in a very concise way." Journalism "allows for a horizontal view of facts, as opposed to the vertical, in-depth, literary vision," she went on, adding: "I still appreciate journalism because I'm so interested in the world, and there are many issues that make me want to express an opinion, so I still use journalism as a tool and write columns and keep my fiction free of 'messages.'"
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A collection of short stories titled Los hereticos was published in 1967.
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