BEAUTYLAND
'One of the best books I have read this year' KALIANE BRADLEY, Guardian
'A remarkable funny-sad novel' New York Times
Meet Adina: a woman who has never felt at home on Earth
Born at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognises she is different, not least because of her strange knowledge of a faraway planet. Then a fax machine arrives at home. Her mission is clear: she must report on the oddities of humankind.
As Adina grows up, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and delights of human existence. But then she starts to wonder. Is there a chance there are others like her out there?
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
BERTINO MARIE-HELENE
Marie-Helene Bertino es autora de 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas, Periquito y Beautyland. Beautyland ha sido nombrado uno de los mejores libros de 2024 y una lectura imprescindible por el New York Times, Guardian, TIME, Elle, Esquire, Goodreads, Nylon, Boston Globe, Literary Hub, San Francisco Chronicle y Chicago Review of Books. Fue finalista del Premio Nacional de Críticos del Libro de 2024 de Ficción. Ha recibido el Premio O. Henry, el Premio Pushcart, el Premio de Cuento Corto de Iowa y el Premio Mississippi Review. Actualmente es escritora residente Ritvo-Slifka en la Universidad de Yale y reside en Brooklyn.
