Genética de los monos

Synopsis of Genética de los monos

«Genética de los monos» is the novel by María José Ramírez Herrera, published by Almadia Aljosan S.R.L.U. in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).

The narrator, nicknamed Monkey Brain by her sisters, reconstructs her story: childhood and youth with her mother, sisters and brothers, the intermittent presence of her father after the divorce, and the births, deaths and unions that weave the epic of her pack. Between memories and nostalgia, Majo explores her own body and identity.

First edition with flaps, published on 27 September 2023. The author won the Aura Estrada International Literature Prize in 2011.

For readers of contemporary fiction seeking a family story in a key of memory and humour.