Animals at the End of the World
«[Esquivel's] words are stripped to the bone, and they glisten—or perhaps I should say Myers’s words, which can be best praised through negation: as a native Spanish speaker, I’ll browse through originals when reading their English translations (even great ones will flounder at times), but I didn’t feel the need to do that once here. Myers has spawned her own mighty beast.»
Asymptote
Animals at the End of the World begins with an explosion, which six-year-old Ines mistakes for the end of the world that she has long feared. In the midst of the chaos, she meets the maid's granddaughter, Maria, who becomes her best friend and with whom she navigates the adult world in her grandparents' confined house. Les mer
The first novel by Colombian author Gloria Susana Esquivel, Animals at the End of the World is a poetic and moving coming-of-age story that lingers long after its final page.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Texas Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781477320167
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«[Esquivel's] words are stripped to the bone, and they glisten—or perhaps I should say Myers’s words, which can be best praised through negation: as a native Spanish speaker, I’ll browse through originals when reading their English translations (even great ones will flounder at times), but I didn’t feel the need to do that once here. Myers has spawned her own mighty beast.»
Asymptote
«[Esquivel] offers a kids' eye view on a fragmented family, but she also uses her young protagonist to explore the blinders of race and class that exist within her world. [Animals at the End of the World is] a meticulously written book that doesn't feel meticulous at all, adding to its charm.»
Words Without Borders
«Animals at the End of the World is a poetic and moving coming-of-age story that lingers long after its final page.»
Latin American Literature Today
«[Animals at the End of the World] is a tour de force that stands out as the voice of a generation, offering shrewd insights into a country, an era, and a cohort marked forever.»
Word Literature Today