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0 reviewsAdapted fromMesa’s story“A contrapelo”
Soon, who is almost 14 years old, has been skipping school & spending her days hidden among the hedges in a local park, listening to music & reading women's magazines. One day, a 50-year-old man, stumbles upon her hiding place, & the two strike up a friendship. He tells her about birds & Nina Simone, buys her soda & chips, & spends almost every day talking with her.Despite their age gap, there's something childlike about Old Man that leads Soon to believe that he's not like the other men she's encountered, the "dangerous ones." But he has a number of secrets in his past—all of which would be of grave concern to Soon's parents or any other adult who witnessed one of their rendezvous. As these secrets rise to the surface, the clock is ticking, the weather is growing cold & the school is untangling Soon's set of lies, setting up a moment where something has to give.
With spare, direct prose, Sara Mesa imbues these 2 outcasts with a great deal of warmth, raising questions about society’s prejudices & assumptions, & creating a truly moving novel of an “inappropriate” relationship.
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Sara Mesa is the author of 8 works of fiction, including Scar (winner of the Ojo Critico Prize), Four by Four (a finalist for the Herralde Prize), An Invisible Fire (winner of the Premio Málaga de Novela), & Cara de Pan (forthcoming from Open Letter). Her works have been translated into more than 10 different languages, & has been widely praised for her concise, sharp writing style.
Megan McDowell has translated many of the most important Latin American writers working today, including Samanta Schweblin & Alejandro Zambra. Her translations have won the English PEN award & the Premio Valle-Inclán, & been nominated 3 times for the International Booker Prize. Her short story translations have been featured in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Tin House, McSweeney’s, & Granta.
