by Eva Baltasar (Author)
Vuelve Eva Baltasar, autora finalista del Booker Internacional, con una novela deslumbrante.
«El estilo de Baltasar es impecable . -El País
«Exquisita, oscura y poco convencional . -Fernanda Melchor
Mantenerse a flote se ha convertido en tu única aspiración. Tienes un trabajo precario, una habitación realquilada y un título que acredita que eres de las que no pueden caer. Pero caes. Sin preaviso, el riesgo entra en tu vida. De un día para otro, todo lo que no te podía pasar sucede: te quedas sin techo, sin trabajo, y te parten la cara.
Keeping your head above water has become your only aspiration. Your job is precarious and you live in a sublet, despite a college degree that was supposed to set you up for success. Suddenly, even this is pulled out from under you. From one day to the next, everything that shouldn't happen, happens: You have no job or roof over your head, and you've been sucker punched into the bargain. Your life is no longer about following the rules. You create your own webs of lies. You gain entry into other people's homes. They think you are there to clean. They think you are there to make their lives easier. But in fact, you are the big bad wolf, because you have nothing to lose. After the motherhood trilogy that gained her international acclaim, Eva Baltasar turns her provocative eye to the upending of the social pact. Her poetry is a hymn to stormy nights, to the unease of feeling invisible in the big city. Her lucid prose reveals the point where crime and devotion meet. And her new novel is a story in which horror is the fairy dust sprinkled on the world.
Author Biography
Eva Baltasar (Barcelona, 1978) ha publicado once poemarios y debutó en la novela con Permafrost, Premi Llibreter 2018 y finalista del Premio Médicis Extranjero en 2020, traducida a varias lenguas y uno de los fenómenos literarios de los últimos tiempos. En 2020 vio la luz Boulder, su segunda novela, Premi Òmnium a la mejor novela del año 2020 en catalán, finalista del Prix Les Inrockuptibles 2022 en Francia y finalista del Premio Booker Internacional 2023. Mamut(2022)cerró el tríptico sobre la vida y los deseos de tres mujeres.