Description
In rural Argentina, a brewing storm gathers over a landscape of dust and distance, and four lives—pulled together by circumstance—are forced to share a single day that will not easily be forgotten. As the wind rises and the hours narrow, the novel traces shifting loyalties and intimate reckonings across two generations, revealing how quickly tenderness, fear, and desire can surface when escape routes disappear. With lyrical, precise prose and a tightly contained structure, it turns a brief moment of weather into a meditation on vulnerability, survival, and the stories people tell themselves to endure. Translated by Chris Andrews, Selva Almada’s distinctive voice brings a taut, atmospheric intensity to the everyday, making this a haunting, character-driven portrait of what the storm exposes.
Available Editions
paperback
Charco Press
Published Jan 1, 2019
114 pages
ISBN: 9781916465633
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada.