The Accidentals
Translated from Spanish by Rosalind Harvey.
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- Paperback published on 10/04/2025
- Page count: 128 pages
- ISBN: 9781804271476
Quick take
Deft and disquieting, oscillating between the real and the fantastical, The Accidentals is the brilliant new short story collection from International Booker-shortlisted duo Guadalupe Nettel and Rosalind Harvey.
Synopsis
When an albatross strays too far from its home, or loses its bearings, it becomes an ‘accidental’, an unmoored wanderer. The protagonists of these eight stories each find the ordinary courses of their lives disrupted by an unexpected event and are pushed into unfamiliar terrain: a girl encounters her uncle in hospital, who was cast out of the family for reasons unknown; a menacing force hovers over a fracturing family on a rural holiday; a couple and their children inhabit a stifling world where it is better to be asleep than awake; a man’s desire for a solution to his marital dissatisfaction has unforeseen consequences. Deft and disquieting, oscillating between the real and the fantastical, The Accidentals is the brilliant new book from International Booker-shortlisted duo Guadalupe Nettel and Rosalind Harvey.
About the author
Guadalupe Nettel is a Mexican writer. She has published four novels, including The Body Where I Was Born and After the Winter. She won the Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero and the Premio Herralde literary awards.
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Fitzcarraldo Editions is an independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays. Founded in 2014, it focuses on ambitious, imaginative and innovative writing, both in translation and in the English language.
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