House plants feature vividly in the book, both in the apartment of our protagonists (where they are referred to as the jungle) and in the home of Gloria Iné What do you think these plants mean for the main characters: for the two women; for child-Claudia; for the father? The Pavement” refers to an ancient Roman mosaic and the strange pull it exerts on its elderly custodian – it can be read as much as a “supernatural” story as one of obsession and madness.

Max Hastings’s brilliantly told account of the Cuban missile crisis shows how the word 'abyss' is no exaggeration for the drama that unfolded 60 years ago. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). His book of poetry is buried with him in a shallow grave, and he leaves behind only an inscription carved into the rim of the Fontebranda in honor of the aristocratic Signora Piccolomini who he loved. in " The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly " Publishing This Week" newsletter.

It is forbidden to copy anything for publication elsewhere without written permission from the copyright holder. A voice of strength, one that takes us to the world of a young girl confronting adult reality from a visionary childhood, a truly important voice that resides in each of us and makes this novel so moving. Chasms, both within the earth and between people, can be hard to bridge, as Pilar Quintana ( The Bitch) reinforces in Abyss, her mesmerizing novel translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.

Early on in the crisis, almost everyone, Kennedy included, agreed to bomb strategic sites and invade, which would likely lead to war. Here, it’s great to see Vanessa’s friend Paige and love interest Simon featuring far more heavily, and the relationship between Vanessa and Simon – as she tries to work out if he loves her naturally or due to her siren powers, and if he can come to terms with everything she needs to do to survive – is excellent. But her hardworking father hardly speaks a word, while her unhappy mother spends her days reading celebrity lifestyle magazines, tending to her enormous collection of plants, and filling Claudia’s head with stories about women who end their lives in tragic ways.

As Damaris’s and Chirli’s lives take increasingly tragic turns, their restless natures feel increasingly broadly symbolic of the difficulty of domesticating ourselves and others, even when it serves our best interests. In a powerful, unsettling voice, Pilar Quintana explores the fears of childhood alongside the fragility and violence of adults.