Overview
EL PRIMER VOLUMEN DE LA TRILOGÍA QUE HA REVOLUCIONADO LA LITERATURA DANESA
Premio De Gyldne Laurbær y Premio Otto B. Lindhardt 2021
«Korsgaard posee un talento excepcional para la narración, con un agudo sentido del humor y una profunda comprensión de las relaciones humanas. Sin duda, uno de los talentos literarios más destacados de Dinamarca». - Berlingske
El mundo de Tue gira en torno a la granja. Allí, al final de una larga y polvorienta carretera, vive con sus padres y sus hermanos. Tienen ocho perros, unas cuantas vacas y un montón de cadáveres de animales apilados en la parte trasera del patio.
Encima de la cama de Tue, una estrella fosforescente está pegada con chicle. Su padre, un tipo bastante colérico, lee el periódico en orden inverso, siempre empezando por las esquelas. Su madre se dedica a jugar a las cartas online y apenas habla, aunque tiene una voz hermosa. El desayuno consiste en pan duro con mantequilla y azúcar. La familia está en bancarrota, pero, gracias a la cría de perros, la venta de dientes de oro o el robo de cables de cobre, de vez en cuando pueden permitirse una botella de vino D.O. California y eso les hace sentirse como de vacaciones. Pero Tue anhela más, y lo único que lo mantiene a flote es su creatividad y su ingenio.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
IN A BROKEN WORLD, NOT FITTING IN IS A PRIVILEGE.
THE FIRST VOLUME IN THE TRILOGY THAT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED DANISH LITERATURE.
*De Gyldne Laurbær Award and Otto B. Lindhardt Prize 2021*
“Korsgaard has an exceptional gift for storytelling, with a keen sense of humor and a deep understanding of human relationships. Without doubt, one of Denmark’s most outstanding literary talents.” - Berlingske
Tue’s world revolves around the farm. She lives there with her parents and siblings, at the end of a long and dusty road. They have eight dogs, a few cows and a pile of animal carcasses in the back garden.
Above Tue’s bed is a glow-in-the-dark star, stuck there with a bit of gum. Her ill-tempered father reads the newspaper from back to front, starting with the obituaries. Her mother spends her days playing online solitaire and hardly speaks, even though she has a beautiful voice. Breakfast is stale bread with butter and sugar. The family is bankrupt, eking out a living by raising puppies, selling gold fillings and stealing copper pipes. When things go well, they splurge on a bottle of California wine and imagine they’re on vacation. But Tue longs for more, relying on her creativity and ingenuity to keep going.
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