Name: Eartheater
Price: 449.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Author: Dolores Reyes
ISBN: 9780062987730

Type

Physical Book

Author

Dolores Reyes

Translated by

Julia Sanches

Publisher

Harpervia

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.8 x 14.6 x 2.2 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9780062987730

Synopsis "Eartheater "

NAMED A "FALL 2020 MUST-READ" AND ONE OF THE "BEST BOOKS OF FALL 2020" BY TIME, VULTURE, THE BOSTON GLOBE, COSMOPOLITAN, WIRED, TOR AND MOREElectrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives.Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Eartheater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she witnesses, the woman keeps her visions to herself. But when Eartheater begins an unlikely relationship with a withdrawn police officer, word of her ability begins to spread, and soon desperate members of her community beg for her help, anxious to uncover the truth about their own loved ones.Surreal and haunting, spare yet complex, Eartheater is a dark, emotionally resonant tale told from a feminist perspective that brilliantly explores the stories of those left behind--the women enduring the pain of uncertainty, whose lives have been shaped by violence and loss.Translated from the Spanish by Julia Sanches

Dolores Reyes

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Dolores Reyes was born in 1978 in the west of Buenos Aires province, where she lives with her seven children, teaches, and writes. She studied Primary Education Teaching and Greek and Classical Cultures at UBA. Published in 2019, Cometierra, her first novel, was translated into twelve languages and acclaimed as one of the best books of the year according to the New York Times, El País, El Mundo, El Universal, Página 12, and Perfil.

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