The Bitch Pilar Quintana Lisa Dillman Translation by Pilar Quintana, Lisa Dillman (translation) 9781642860597, 164286059X instant download after payment.

In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense & ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy.

Colombia’s Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless & at that age “when women dry up,” as her uncle puts it, she is eager to adopt an orphaned puppy. 

But this act may bring more than just affection into her home. The Bitch is written in a prose as terse as the villagers, with storms―both meteorological & emotional―lurking around each corner. Beauty & dread live side by side in this poignant exploration of the many meanings of motherhood & love.

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Pilar Quintana is a widely respected Colombian author. In 2007, Hay Festival selected her as one of the most promising young authors of Latin America. Her previous novel, The Bitch, won a PEN Translates award in the UK & was a finalist for the National Book Award in the US. It also won the prestigious Colombian Biblioteca de Narrativa Prize, was selected for several Best Books of 2017 lists, & was chosen as one of the most valuable objects to preserve for future generations in a marble time capsule in Bogotá. Abyss, her latest novel, was awarded the Alfaguara de Novela Prize, which is among the most prestigious awards in the Spanish language.

Lisa Dillman translates Spanish, Catalan, & Latin American writers & teaches in the department of Spanish & Portuguese at Emory University. Some of her recent translations include A Silent Fury by Yuri Herrera; A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba; The Touch System by Alejandra Costamagna; Rain Over Madrid by Andrés Barba; & Op Oloop by Juan Filloy (longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award).