The desert and its seed
By: Jorge Barón Biza ; translated from the Spanish by Camilo Ramirez ; afterword by Nora Avaro
Contributors: Ramirez, Camilo A., 1985- translator; Avaro, Nora, 1961- writer of afterword
Series: New Directions paperbook -- 1406; New Directions paperbook -- 1406.
Publisher: New Directions Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780811225809
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Violence against; Fiction; Mothers and sons; Women
Work titles: Desierto y su semilla
Description: The Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia's face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligia's face, but his own fingers burn.
Notes: Translation from the Spanish of: Desierto y su semilla.