by Jesús Carrasco · Booket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788432232831
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«La tierra que pisamos» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jesús Carrasco, in a Booket paperback edition (272 pages, in Spanish).
In a Spain annexed to a European empire at the beginning of the 20th century, Eva Holman, wife of an officer, lives in seclusion in a village in Extremadura until the arrival of a stranger alters her life. The novel explores the human relationship with the land, the abuse of power, and the search for one's own meaning.
It is Jesús Carrasco's second novel, after Intemperie, and received the European Union Prize for Literature.
Aimed at the general public, particularly readers of contemporary literary fiction.
Jesús Carrasco, born 1972 in Olivenza, Extremadura, is a Spanish writer. He held a wide range of jobs in his youth: from physical education teacher, to grape-picker, to graphic designer. In 1992, he moved to Madrid where he began his writing career. In 2005, he moved to Seville, where he still lives.
