Book description
UNO DE LOS LIBROS MÁS ESPERADOS DEL AÑO, EN TRADUCCIÓN EN TRECE PAÍSES En la lista de los mejores libros del 2023 de Babelia Por la ganadora de los premios Anna Seghers, British Academy y Mejor Novela Inédita del Ministerio de las Culturas de Chile, y finalista del Man Booker International "Con la fuerza de una voz indómita, Alia Trabucco Zerán construye una novela lucidísima, despiadada y brutall . -Federico Falco La vida tiende a ser así una gota, una gota, una gota, una gota, y luego nos preguntamos, perplejos, cómo es que estamos empapados. Estela deja a su madre en el sur para trabajar en la casa de una familia en Santiago de Chile y allí se queda los siguientes siete años, limpiando y criando a una niña acosada por la ansiedad, cuya muerte conocemos al comienzo de la novela. Como en una tragedia griega, la tensión crece en cada página, con cada personaje o elemento: la perra callejera, las ratas, la confesión inconfesable del "señor , la aparición de Carlos, el veneno, la pistola, hasta un desenlace tan poderoso como inevitable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR, TRANSLATED IN THIRTEEN COUNTRIES. Listed on Babelia's Best Books of 2023 By the winner of the Anna Seghers and British Academy awards, Best Unpublished Novel by the Cultural Ministry of Chile, and runner up to the Man Booker International prize. "With the strength of an indomitable voice, Alia Trabucco Zerán creates a most lucid novel, ruthless and brutal." --Federico Falco Life tends to be thus--drip, drip, drip, drip, and then we ask ourselves, perplexed, how is it that we are soaked? Estela leaves her mother back in the South to work at a family's home in Santiago de Chile, where she stays for the next seven years, cleaning the house and raising a little girl beset by anxiety, whose death we know of at the beginning of the novel. Like a Greek tragedy, the tension mounts on every page with each character or element: the stray dog, the rats, "Sir's" unspeakable confession, Carlos's arrival, the poison, the gun, even an outcome as powerful as it was inevitable.
About the Author
Alia Trabucco Zerán (Santiago de Chile, 1983) estudió Derecho en la Universidad de Chile, un máster en Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Nueva York y un doctorado en Literatura Hispanoamericana en el University College London. En 2015 publicó La resta, uno de los debuts más importantes del año según El País, que fue finalista del Man Booker International y le valió el Premio Mejor Novela Inédita del Ministerio de las Culturas de Chile. Volvió a obtener este galardón con Limpia, su última obra de ficción, en traducción en trece países. En 2022 se le otorgó el Premio Anna Seghers por su trayectoria literaria. Lumen publicó también Las homicidas en 2019, que ha recibido el Premio de la British Academy 2022.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience