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'A deliciously menacing read which I just couldn't put down. Every
word punches hard. This World Does Not Belong to Us treads the fine
line between beauty and horror effortlessly.' Jan Carson, author of
The Raptures Secrets and revenge converge in this chilling tale
from a breakout new Latin American voice Many years have passed
since Lucas was expelled from his childhood home by Felisberto and
Eloy, the two strangers who arrived uninvited and slowly,
insidiously, made it their own. Now Lucas is back, fully grown and
intent on claiming his rightful inheritance. But he is not
interested in the house as it once was, nor in his mother's
lovingly planted flowerbeds - now conquered by weeds - nor in the
lavish portraits covering every wall. Lucas belongs to a darker
world, one crawling with the only creatures he really trusts:
insects. As the house crumbles before his eyes, Lucas turns to the
allies of his underground kingdom to help him take revenge. Weaving
together past and present like a spider's web, This World Does Not
Belong to Us is a spine-tingling story of human greed, from a
masterful new literary voice.
A chilling allegorical novella by the masterful Colombian writer
who poses timeless questions about violence and subjugation, power
and freedom. Imagining the darkest of power imbalances in a
dystopian world, in which the most vulnerable are held captive and
wherein survival depends on the ability to remain anonymous,
identity is a threat. Those who have everything would revel in the
humiliation of others and identification brings with it the
ultimate punishment. When hiding is no longer possible, the only
choice may be to rebel. More frightening than the dystopia of
Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and with elements of the surreal to
rival Kafka's Metamorphosis, Rosero's hypnotic tale builds in
tension to deliver a crippling emotional punch.
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Way Far Away
Anne McLean, Victor Meadowcroft, Evelio Rosero
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