Eating ashes a novel
"An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind."--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation,
[2026]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind."-- Alone and adrift in Barcelona, an unnamed narrator is haunted by the death of her teenage brother, Diego. Diego, the little boy she helped raise in Mexico while their mother struggled to make a living in Spain. Diego, who loved Vampire Weekend and dreamed of becoming a pilot. Diego, who hated Madrid as much as she did. Now, his ashes in hand, she must return to Mexico. Plagued by memories, she recounts their young lives leading up to tragedy in blistering detail: the acute loneliness that accompanied their emigration; the siblings' first separation, when she left for Barcelona to make her own way in the world; her activism against labor abuses, which is threatened by her tumultuous relationship with an entitled lover; and the final, heavyhearted confrontation with her brother. Caught between rage and heartbreak over the loss of Diego, she pieces together a story of alienation, but also of surprising courage and hope. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Mexico in 2021 by Editorial Sexto Piso, S.A. DE C.V as Ceniza en la boca"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 235 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781324096085 132409608X |
| Author Notes: | Megan McDowell has translated works by Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez, among others. Her translations have won the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the English PEN award. |
