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Author:

Quintana, Pilar, 1972- author.

Title:

The bitch / Pilar Quintana ; translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman.

Publisher:

World Editions,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

155 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Motherhood--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Colombia--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Dillman, Lisa, translator.

Notes:

First published as La perra in Colombia in 2017 by Literatura Random House.

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.

ISBN:

164286059X
9781642860597 (softover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1183027619

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)