by Karina Sainz Borgo · Lumen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426406941
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«La hija de la española» is the literary fiction novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, published by Lumen in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
In a Caracas marked by violence, Adelaida, a 38-year-old woman, loses her mother and sees her house occupied; after finding her neighbour Aurora Peralta dead, she decides to pass herself off as her to escape. The novel explores loss, survival and survivor's guilt.
First novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, published in 2019, it was translated into twenty-six languages and won the Grand Prix de l’Héroïne Madame Figaro.
For those seeking contemporary literary fiction about grief, survival and political reality; also suitable for reading clubs.
Karina Sainz Borgo is a Venezuelan journalist and writer who has lived in Spain since 2006. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages, and her stories have been published in magazines such as Granta.
