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Science Fiction & Fantasy - Umami (Spanish Edition)

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Book Synopsis: Umami es el debut literario de Laia Jufresa y Publishers Weekly ya lo considera uno de los hot books del 2015.Ana quiere plantar una milpa en su traspatio, en pleno Distrito Federal. Pero en la tierra hay altos contenidos de plomo y la casa donde vive está plagada de ausencias. Su hermana murió, sus papás están de luto y sus hermanos de campamento; su única amiga se fue a buscar a quien la abandonó cuatro años atrás. Menos mal que queda Alfonso. Alfonso es un antropólogo especializado en alimentación prehispánica. Es viudo y dueño de la pequeña urbanización Campanario. Él mismo la diseñó a partir de un esquema de la lengua humana y dio a las casas el nombre de cada uno de los cinco sabores que percibimos: Dulce, Salado, Amargo, Ácido y Umami.En duelo, los habitantes de la comunidad desearían echar el tiempo atrás. Tejida al revés, esta novela se lo permite. Mientras Ana remueve la tierra y clava las semillas, sus vecinos hurgan en el pasado. Pero el traspatio de la memoria está minado con preguntas: ¿quién fue mi mujer? ¿Por qué se fue mi mamá? Y, ¿cómo es posible que se ahogara una niña que sabía nadar?

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Shortlisted for the Best Translated Fiction Book Award, 2017“Ms. Jufresa: Where the f*#! did you learn to tell a story so well?” —Álvaro Enrigue, award-winning author of Sudden Death
As heard on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon

It started with a drowning.
Deep in the heart of Mexico City, where five houses cluster around a sun-drenched courtyard, lives Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old who spends her days buried in Agatha Christie novels to forget the mysterious death of her little sister years earlier. Over the summer she decides to plant a milpa in her backyard, and as she digs the ground and plants her seeds, her neighbors in turn delve into their past. The ripple effects of grief, childlessness, illness and displacement saturate their stories, secrets seep out and questions emerge — Who was my wife? Why did my Mom leave? Can I turn back the clock? And how could a girl who knew how to swim drown?

In prose that is dazzlingly inventive, funny and tender, Laia Jufresa immerses us in the troubled lives of her narrators, deftly unpicking their stories to offer a darkly comic portrait of contemporary Mexico, as whimsical as it is heart-wrenching.

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Looking for your next captivating read? Look no further than Umami (Spanish Edition). This debut novel by Laia Jufresa has been making waves in the literary world, already being recognized as one of the hot books of 2015 by Publishers Weekly. Dive into the heart of Mexico City, where Ana, a young girl grappling with the loss of her sister, embarks on a journey of planting a milpa in her backyard. As the secrets of Ana's neighbors unravel, grief, childlessness, illness, and displacement weave together to create a tapestry of stories that will keep you enthralled from beginning to end.

Written with dazzling inventiveness, Umami takes you on a whirlwind ride through the troubled lives of its characters. Laia Jufresa deftly unravels their tales, offering a darkly comic and wholly captivating glimpse into contemporary Mexico. You won't be able to put this whimsical and heart-wrenching novel down.

Don't miss out on this incredible literary experience! Immerse yourself in the pages of Umami (Spanish Edition) and discover why readers and critics alike have been mesmerized by this extraordinary debut.

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