by Kirsten Boie · Siruela · tapa dura · ISBN 9788417041472
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«Hay cosas que no se pueden contar» is a collection of young adult short stories by Kirsten Boie, published by Siruela in hardback (100 pages, in Spanish).
Four stories arising from Kirsten Boie's travels to Swaziland portray children marked by loss and poverty: Sonto keeps a memory book of her mother; Thuli seeks money for her sister's shoes; Thulani, an orphan, needs help to obtain a certificate; Sipho prays for his grandmother.
No. 272 in the Las Tres Edades collection. Translated by Miriam Vázquez. Published on 28 June 2017.
For young people aged 14 and over and for readers of realistic stories about childhood in Africa.
Kirsten Boie is a German children's author and activist. Having worked as a teacher, she began publishing in 1985 and is the author of more than 100 books. Among her best-known works are Paule ist ein Glücksgriff, the Kinder aus dem Möwenweg series, and Ritter Trenk. She has been recognised with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and an honorary citizenship of Hamburg.
