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Title The bitch / Pilar Quintana ; translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman.
Author Quintana, Pilar, 1972- author.
Publication Info. New York : World Editions, 2020.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC QUI    Check Shelves
 Southeast  FIC QUI    Check Shelves
Description 155 pages ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Translated from the Spanish.
"First published as La perra in Colombia in 2017 by Literatura Random House."--Title page verso.
Summary "In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense and ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy. Colombia's Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age 'when women dry up', as her uncle puts it, she is eager to adopt an orphaned puppy. But this act may bring more than just affection into her home. The Bitch is written in a prose as terse as the villagers, with storms--both meteorological and emotional--lurking around each corner. Beauty and dread live side by side in this poignant exploration of the many meanings of motherhood and love." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Women -- Colombia -- Fiction.
Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Fiction.
Motherhood -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Colombia -- Fiction.
Genre Animal fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Colombian fiction -- Translations into English.
Added Author Dillman, Lisa, translator.
Added Title Perra. English
ISBN 9781642860597 paperback : $14.99
164286059X paperback