- International Booker Prize 2023 · Shortlist · for the translation by Rosalind Harvey
Still Born
La hija única
Guadalupe Nettel (born 1973)
Translated by Rosalind Harvey
English editions
In EnglishStill Born
Fitzcarraldo Editions · United Kingdom · 22 June 2022 · Paperback · 200 pages
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Alina is past her eighth month when doctors tell her that her baby girl will not survive being born. With her partner she goes through mourning and acceptance, painful yet full of surprises, and the remaining weeks become an unexpected chance to know the daughter they are struggling to let go. Their friend Laura narrates, musing on the strange workings of love and on how people cope with disappointment. She also recounts life next door with Doris, a single mother raising a sweet boy with difficult behaviour, and the ties of friendship and love that form among the three women.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 240 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2020 by Anagrama
- Author's age
- 47 when first published
- ISBN
9788433999061 (original)
9781913097660 (Fitzcarraldo Editions, United Kingdom)