Descripción
The book that inspired an adaptation, coming soon to Netflix ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR, IN TRANSLATION IN THIRTEEN COUNTRIES On Babelia's list of the best books of 2023
Winner of the Femina Award 2024
By the winner of the Anna Seghers, British Academy, and Best Unpublished Novel from the Chilean Ministry of Cultures awards, and Man Booker International finalist
«With the strength of an indomitable voice, Alia Trabucco Zerán constructs a most lucid, ruthless, and brutal novel.» -Federico Falco Life tends to be like that—a drip, a drip, a drip, a drip, and then we wonder, perplexed, how we ended up soaked. Estela leaves her mother in the south to work in a family's home in Santiago de Chile and stays there for the next seven years, cleaning and raising an anxiety-ridden girl, whose death we learn of at the beginning of the novel. Like a Greek tragedy, the tension grows on every page, with every character or element: the stray dog, the rats, the "sir's" unspeakable confession, the appearance of Carlos, the poison, the gun, leading to an outcome as powerful as it is inevitable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The book that inspired the upcoming adapted film on Netflix ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR, TRANSLATED IN THIRTEEN COUNTRIES. Listed on Babelia's Best Books of 2023
Winner of Premio Femina 2024 By the winner of the Anna Seghers and British Academy awards, Best Unpublished Novel by the Cultural Ministry of Chile, and runner up to the Man Booker International prize. "With the strength of an indomitable voice, Alia Trabucco Zerán creates a most lucid novel, ruthless and brutal." --Federico Falco Life tends to be thus--drip, drip, drip, drip, and then we ask ourselves, perplexed, how is it that we are soaked? Estela leaves her mother back in the South to work at a family's home in Santiago de Chile, where she stays for the next seven years, cleaning the house and raising a little girl beset by anxiety, whose death we know of at the beginning of the novel. Like a Greek tragedy, the tension mounts on every page with each character or element: the stray dog, the rats, "Sir's" unspeakable confession, Carlos's arrival, the poison, the gun, even an outcome as powerful as it was inevitable.
Author: Alia Trabucco Zerán
Publisher: Lumen Press
Published: 06/20/2023
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.13w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9788426424112
ISBN10: 8426424112
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | World Literature | Chile
Winner of the Femina Award 2024
By the winner of the Anna Seghers, British Academy, and Best Unpublished Novel from the Chilean Ministry of Cultures awards, and Man Booker International finalist
«With the strength of an indomitable voice, Alia Trabucco Zerán constructs a most lucid, ruthless, and brutal novel.» -Federico Falco Life tends to be like that—a drip, a drip, a drip, a drip, and then we wonder, perplexed, how we ended up soaked. Estela leaves her mother in the south to work in a family's home in Santiago de Chile and stays there for the next seven years, cleaning and raising an anxiety-ridden girl, whose death we learn of at the beginning of the novel. Like a Greek tragedy, the tension grows on every page, with every character or element: the stray dog, the rats, the "sir's" unspeakable confession, the appearance of Carlos, the poison, the gun, leading to an outcome as powerful as it is inevitable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The book that inspired the upcoming adapted film on Netflix ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR, TRANSLATED IN THIRTEEN COUNTRIES. Listed on Babelia's Best Books of 2023
Winner of Premio Femina 2024 By the winner of the Anna Seghers and British Academy awards, Best Unpublished Novel by the Cultural Ministry of Chile, and runner up to the Man Booker International prize. "With the strength of an indomitable voice, Alia Trabucco Zerán creates a most lucid novel, ruthless and brutal." --Federico Falco Life tends to be thus--drip, drip, drip, drip, and then we ask ourselves, perplexed, how is it that we are soaked? Estela leaves her mother back in the South to work at a family's home in Santiago de Chile, where she stays for the next seven years, cleaning the house and raising a little girl beset by anxiety, whose death we know of at the beginning of the novel. Like a Greek tragedy, the tension mounts on every page with each character or element: the stray dog, the rats, "Sir's" unspeakable confession, Carlos's arrival, the poison, the gun, even an outcome as powerful as it was inevitable.
Author: Alia Trabucco Zerán
Publisher: Lumen Press
Published: 06/20/2023
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.13w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9788426424112
ISBN10: 8426424112
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | World Literature | Chile
About the Author
Alia Trabucco Zerán (Santiago de Chile, 1983) estudió Derecho en la Universidad de Chile, un máster en Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Nueva York y un doctorado en Literatura Hispanoamericana en el University College London. En 2015 publicó La resta, uno de los debuts más importantes del año según El País, que fue finalista del Man Booker International y le valió el Premio Mejor Novela Inédita del Ministerio de las Culturas de Chile. Volvió a obtener este galardón con Limpia, su última obra de ficción, en traducción en trece países. En 2022 se le otorgó el Premio Anna Seghers por su trayectoria literaria. Lumen publicó también Las homicidas en 2019, que ha recibido el Premio de la British Academy 2022.