Description
In 1977, three terrorists broke into Gabriela Ybarra's grandfather's home, and pointed a gun at him in the shower. This was the last time his family saw him alive, and his kidnapping played out in the press, culminating in his murder. Ybarra first heard the story when she was eight, but it was only after her mother's death, years later, that she felt the need to go deeper and discover more about her family's past.
The Dinner Guest is a novel with the feel of documentary nonfiction. It connects two life-changing events-the very public death of Ybarra's grandfather, and the more private pain as her mother dies from cancer and Gabriela cares for her. Devastating and luminous, the book is an investigation, marking the arrival of a talented new voice in international fiction.
Author: Gabriela Ybarra
Publisher: Transit Books
Published: 05/28/2019
Pages: 150
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781945492242
ISBN10: 1945492244
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women
About the Author
Gabriela Ybarra was born in Bilbao in 1983. She currently lives in Madrid, where she writes and works in social media analysis. The Dinner Guest is her first novel and was published to critical acclaim in Spain, where it won the Euskadi Literature Prize 2016. Her work has appeared in publications such as El País, ABC, and Revista Eñe.