Animals at the end of the world / Gloria Susana Esquivel ; translated by Robin Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esquivel, Gloria Susana, author.

Contributor:

Myers, Robin, 1987- translator.

Series:

Latin American Literature in Translation

Standardized Title:

Animales del fin del mundo. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colombian fiction--21st century.

Colombian fiction.

Fear--Fiction.

Fear.

Girls--Fiction.

Girls.

Imagination--Fiction.

Imagination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Animals at the End of the World begins with an explosion, which six-year-old Inés mistakes for the end of the world that she has long feared. In the midst of the chaos, she meets the maid's granddaughter, Mariá, who becomes her best friend and with whom she navigates the adult world in her grandparents' confined house. Together, they escape the house and confront the "animals" that populate Bogotá in the 1980s. But Inés soon realizes she cannot count on either Mariá or her preoccupied and conflicted parents. Alone, she must learn to decipher her outer and inner worlds, confronting both armies of beasts and episodes of domestic chaos. In the process, she also learns what it means to test boundaries, break rules, and cope with the consequences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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II

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Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-2125-X

1-4773-2124-1

OCLC:

1266229073