Nona's room
By: Cristina Fernández Cubas ; translated from the Spanish by Kathryn Phillips-Miles and Simon Deefholts
Contributors: Phillips-Miles, Kathryn, translator; Deefholts, Simon Murray, translator
Series: World Series season 2 (Spain); World Series (Peter Owen) -- season 2.
Publisher: PETER OWEN
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780720619539
Subjects: Personality development; Subconsciousness; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: In Nona's Room the everyday fantasies of women slowly turn into nightmare, delusion and paranoia. A young girl who is envious of the attention given to her sister has a brutal awakening. A young woman, facing eviction, misplaces her trust in an old lady who invites her into her home.
Notes: Translation of the author's 2015 collection, Habitación de Nona.

Winner: Premio Nacional de Narrativa, 2016; Premio de la Critica Española, 2016; Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa Española, 2016. Book of the Year 2015: La Vanguardia, El Cultural, Babelia and ABC
Table of contents: title: Nona's room; title: Chatting to old ladies; title: Interior with figure; title: The end of Barbro; title: A fresh start; title: A few days with the Wahyes-Wahno.