Far
Translated from Spanish by Charlotte Coombe.
- £12.99
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- Paperback published on 16/07/2024
- Page count: 0 pages
- ISBN: 9781738446346
Quick take
New literary fiction from the queen of Spanish noir.
Synopsis
In a residential development in the middle of the nowhere, one of the many that were built in Spain, but never finished because of the crash, a small community of neighbours is trying to lead a normal life, despite living far from everything. Beyond the development that promised every luxury, beyond the streets leading nowhere, behind a high metal fence, the unfinished houses menace the inhabitants as they become occupied by people on the fringes of society whom the crash has destroyed.
Rosa Ribas’s unnamed protagonists come from different sides of this fence. The atmospheric, disturbing, and addictive story of their growing relationship is half quirky love story half strong commentary on how easily and quickly people can fall through the cracks of society. Although the message is entirely universal, the context is deliciously and uniquely Spanish.
About the author
ROSA RIBAS is widely considered one of the queens of Spanish noir writing, achieving critical and commercial success in Spain with her Dark Years Trilogy (Siruela) and her Hernández trilogy (Tusquets). Far is her first foray away from crime fiction, into a more menacing social commentary. It is her first book to be translated into English.
CHARLOTTE COOMBE’s co-translation, with Isabel Adey, of December Breeze by Marvel Moreno. In 2022 she won the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for her translation of Antonio Diaz Oliva’s short story ‘Mrs Gonçalves and the Lives of Others’, and she was shortlisted for the Valle Inclán Translation Prize 2019 for her translation of Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo.
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