La camarera

Synopsis of La camarera

«La camarera» is the literary novel by Markus Orths, published by Seix Barral in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).

Lynn Zapatek, a waitress at the Eden Hotel, snoops through guests' belongings and fantasises about their lives to escape her routine. One Tuesday she hides under a bed and repeats the experience to feel others' emotions up close. A short, intimate novel about loneliness and the search for a normal life.

Part of the Biblioteca Formentor collection (volume 1). Translated by Mª José Díez.

For readers of contemporary fiction and short narrative who appreciate intimate portraits of everyday life.