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Fish Soup
Margarita García Robayo, Charlotte Coombe (translation)From internationally acclaimed author Margarita García Robayo comesa unique collection comprising 2 novellas plus the book of short stories Worse Things(winner of the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize).
Set on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Waiting for a Hurricane follows a girl obsessed with escaping both her life & her country. Emotionally detached from her family, & disillusioned with what the future holds if she remains, she takes ever more drastic steps in order to achieve her goal, seemingly oblivious to the damage she is causing both to herself & to those around her.
The tales of Worse Thingsprovide snapshots of lives in turmoil, frayed relationships, dreams of escape, family taboos, & rejection both of & by society. Skilfully painting just enough detail, García Robayo explores these themes & invites the reader to unravel the true significance of the events depicted.
The previously unpublished Sexual Education examines the attempts of a student to tally the strict doctrine of abstinence taught at her school with the very different moral norms that prevail in her social circles. Semi-autobiographical, the frank depiction of these opposing pressures makes it impossible to remain a dispassionate observer.
García Robayo’s signature style blends cynicism & beauty with an undercurrent of dark humour. The prose is at once blunt & poetic as she delves into the lives of her characters, who simultaneously evoke sympathy & revulsion, challenging the reader’s loyalties as they immerse themselves in the unparalleled universe that is Fish Soup.
Margarita García Robayo was born in 1980 in Cartagena, Colombia, & now lives in Buenos Aires where she teaches creative writing & works as a journalist & scriptwriter.
Charlotte Coombe is a British literary translator in French & Spanish. Her translation of Abnousse Shalmani’s Khomeini, Sade & Me (2016) won a PEN Translates award in 2015.
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