The bitch / Pilar Quintana ; translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quintana, Pilar, 1972- author.

Contributor:

Dillman, Lisa, translator.

Standardized Title:

Perra. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Women--Colombia--Fiction.

Women--Social conditions--21st century--Fiction.

Motherhood--Fiction.

Motherhood.

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Colombia.

Dogs--Fiction.

Human-animal relationships--Fiction.

Human-animal relationships.

Colombia--Fiction.

Dogs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Animal fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Social problem fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

155 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : World Editions, 2020.

Summary:

"In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense and ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy. Colombia's Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age 'when women dry up', as her uncle puts it, she is eager to adopt an orphaned puppy. But this act may bring more than just affection into her home. The Bitch is written in a prose as terse as the villagers, with storms--both meteorological and emotional--lurking around each corner. Beauty and dread live side by side in this poignant exploration of the many meanings of motherhood and love."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

"First published as La perra in Colombia in 2017 by Literatura Random House."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781642860597

9781912987054

164286059X

1912987058

OCLC:

1183027619