Natalia García Freire A Carnival of Atrocities recensie, review en informatie over de inhoud van de roman uit Ecuador die zich afspeelt in de Andes. Op 1 april 2025 verschijnt bij World Editions de Engelse vertaling van de roman Trajiste contigo el viento van de Ecuadoraanse schrijfster Natalia García Freire. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.

Natalia García Freire A Carnival of Atrocities recensie, review en informatie

• “The language in this novel weaves together miracles, curses, and deliriums. Natalia García Freire creates disturbing and beautiful books that remind one of the poetic cruelty of far-off mythologies.”  (Irene Vallejo, author of Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World)

A Carnival of Atrocities

• Auteur: Natalia García Freire (Ecuador)
• Soort boek: Ecuadoraanse roman
• Origineel: Trajiste contigo el viento (2022)
• Engelse vertaling: Victor Meadowcroft
• Uitgever: World Editions
• Verschijnt: 1 april 2025
• Uitgave: paperback / ebook
• Prijs: € 17,99
• Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de roman uit Ecuador van Natalia García Freire

The residents of a desolate town nestled in the Ecuadorian Andes are forced to reckon with the legend of Mildred, a girl wronged by the town years ago.

Cocuán, a desolate town nestled between the hot jungle and the frigid Andes, is about to slip away from memory. This is where Mildred was born, and where everything she had—her animals, her home, her lands—was taken from her after her mother’s death. Years later, a series of strange events, disappearances, and outbursts of collective delirium will force its residents to reckon with the legend of old Mildred. Once again, they will feel the shadow of death that has hung over the town ever since she was wronged. The voices of nine characters—Mildred, Ezequiel, Agustina, Manzi, Carmen, Víctor, Baltasar, Hermosina, and Filatelio—tell us of the past and present of that doomed place and Mildred’s fate. Natalia García Freire’s vivid language blurs the lines between dreams and reality and transports the reader to the hypnotic Andean universe of Ecuador.

Natalia García Freire lives in Ecuador where she teaches Creative Writing at Escuela de Escritores de Madrid. García Freire’s debut novel, This World Does Not Belong to Us, was published in English by World Editions and One World in 2022. This World Does Not Belong to Us won the English PEN Translation Award and was nominated for the Tigre Juan Award. A Carnival of Atrocities is Natalia García Freire’s second novel published by World Editions.

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