Overview
El debut llamado a ser uno de los descubrimientos del año. Una historia real de amor, familia, deseo y violencia.
«Supe del germen de Polilla hace años. Cada minuto de espera mereció la pena. Lo devoré en una noche». —Sabina Urraca
«La libertad de las mujeres es escurridiza. Siempre se oculta donde no la esperas».
Esta es la historia de una búsqueda que empieza hace quince años, cuando su protagonista decide plantarse en Bosnia recién salida de la facultad de Periodismo. Va a la caza de un gran reportaje, pero una noche conoce a Darko y termina encerrada en un dormitorio cuya llave solo tiene él. No es un secuestro, pero no le importaría. Un misterioso mensaje de una mujer le dará a conocer una red decasas secretas donde se esconden víctimas de trata. En una de esas casas conocerá a Nikolina, que tiene su edad y no es lo que parece. Mientras tanto, en Barcelona la espera su padre, con quien mantiene una compleja relación que la ha marcado desde niña.
Hay vivencias que solo pueden contarse desde la distancia. La protagonista de esta historiamira hacia esos días de deseo y violencia para entender cuánto de lo que creía saber sobre ella misma fue alguna vez verdad.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The debut meant to be one of the year’s biggest discoveries. A true story of love, family, desire, and violence.
“I heard of the Moth germ years ago. Every minute I waited was worth it. I devoured it in one night.” —Sabina Urraca
“Women’s freedom is slippery. It’s always hidden where you least expect it.”
This is the story of a search that began fifteen years ago, when the protagonist decides to land in Bosnia just out of journalism school. She is hunting for a great story, but one evening she meets Darko and ends up locked in a bedroom, and he has the only key. It’s not a kidnapping, but she wouldn’t mind. A mysterious message from a woman will introduce her to a network of secret houses where the victims of trafficking are hidden. In one of these houses, she will meet Nikolina, her age, and more than what she seems. Meanwhile, back in Barcelona, her father awaits, with whom she has a complex relationship that has marked her since childhood.
There are experiences that can only be told from afar. The protagonist of this story looks back to those days of desire and violence to understand how much of what she thought she knew about herself was actually true.
«Supe del germen de Polilla hace años. Cada minuto de espera mereció la pena. Lo devoré en una noche». —Sabina Urraca
«La libertad de las mujeres es escurridiza. Siempre se oculta donde no la esperas».
Esta es la historia de una búsqueda que empieza hace quince años, cuando su protagonista decide plantarse en Bosnia recién salida de la facultad de Periodismo. Va a la caza de un gran reportaje, pero una noche conoce a Darko y termina encerrada en un dormitorio cuya llave solo tiene él. No es un secuestro, pero no le importaría. Un misterioso mensaje de una mujer le dará a conocer una red decasas secretas donde se esconden víctimas de trata. En una de esas casas conocerá a Nikolina, que tiene su edad y no es lo que parece. Mientras tanto, en Barcelona la espera su padre, con quien mantiene una compleja relación que la ha marcado desde niña.
Hay vivencias que solo pueden contarse desde la distancia. La protagonista de esta historiamira hacia esos días de deseo y violencia para entender cuánto de lo que creía saber sobre ella misma fue alguna vez verdad.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The debut meant to be one of the year’s biggest discoveries. A true story of love, family, desire, and violence.
“I heard of the Moth germ years ago. Every minute I waited was worth it. I devoured it in one night.” —Sabina Urraca
“Women’s freedom is slippery. It’s always hidden where you least expect it.”
This is the story of a search that began fifteen years ago, when the protagonist decides to land in Bosnia just out of journalism school. She is hunting for a great story, but one evening she meets Darko and ends up locked in a bedroom, and he has the only key. It’s not a kidnapping, but she wouldn’t mind. A mysterious message from a woman will introduce her to a network of secret houses where the victims of trafficking are hidden. In one of these houses, she will meet Nikolina, her age, and more than what she seems. Meanwhile, back in Barcelona, her father awaits, with whom she has a complex relationship that has marked her since childhood.
There are experiences that can only be told from afar. The protagonist of this story looks back to those days of desire and violence to understand how much of what she thought she knew about herself was actually true.
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