Las chimeneas ya no echan humo

Synopsis of Las chimeneas ya no echan humo

«Las chimeneas ya no echan humo» is the dystopian novel by Paolo Zardi, published by Tropo Editores in paperback (164 pages, in Spanish).

In a dystopian future ravaged by crisis, a water purifier salesman leads a routine life with his wife and two children until a tragic event changes everything. The novel explores individual and collective identity, the meaning of love, and the possibility of finding a truth beneath one's own certainties.

Novel shortlisted for the 2015 Strega Prize, translated by Celia Filipetto.

For readers of dystopian fiction and contemporary European narrative interested in questioning identity and love.