La piel hembra
A truly ambitious novel that draws on the magical realism tradition in a story of miracles, love and death — a novel that aspires to become a timeless classic of Latin American literature.
Elaine Vilar Madruga returns with her most ambitious novel to date: The Female Skin, a descent into the depths of human darkness. In a remote village hidden in the mountains, every woman is struck by a strange fever. One night, feeling called by God, they leave their homes and husbands, only to return the next morning covered in golden dust and pregnant. Each of them claims to be carrying the new messiah.
This is how La piel hembra begins, the most ambitious work yet by Elaine Vilar Madruga. The novel unfolds a universe entirely of its own, where the fantastic and the unsettling intertwine with fierce lyricism and simmering rage. A vast contemporary epic that challenges every social role and form of established power, while offering a new vision of identity, memory, faith, homeland, and death.
TRANSLATION & FILM RIGHTS
Spain: Barrett; Latin America: Alfaguara México
