Bøker av Karina Sainz Borgo

Winner of the 2023 Jan Michalski Prize, a searing novel of loss and resilience that illuminates the often-overlooked human dimension of the migrant crisis, re-imagining the border as a dreamlike purgatory bridging life and death. In an unnamed Latin American country, a mysterious plague quickly spreads, erasing the memory of anyone infected. Angustias Romero flees with her family, but their flight is tragically cut short when she loses both her children. Consumed by grief, she finds herself within the hallucinatory expanse of Mezquitte--a town corrupted by greed and populated by storytellers, refugees, and violent, predatory gangs.Here, Angustias is finally able to lay her children to rest at the Third Country, a cemetery run by the larger-than-life Visitación Salazar and a refuge beyond suffering and fear. While Visitación remains defiant in her mission to care for the dead, the cemetery she oversees is the focal point of a bitter land dispute with Alcides Abundio, the most feared landowner of the border. Caught in this power struggle, Angustias and Visitación-friends and sometimes rivals- stand their ground on a frontier where the law is dictated by violence; a surreal territory whose very nature blurs the boundaries between life and death.Exploring what we are capable of and how far we will go when we have nothing to lose, No Place to Bury the Dead confirms Karina Sainz Borgo's importance amongst the voices of modern Latin American literature, merging thriller, western, and classic tragedy in an unforgettable and urgent novel that won the 2023 Jan Michalski Prize.Translated from the Spanish by Elizabeth Bryer

As seen in the New York Times Book ReviewTold with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one womans desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future."e;Echoes of Borges in a novel of war-torn Venezuela . . . the writing is tense and complex . . . dynamic."e; -The New York TimesIn Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcn stands over an open grave. Alone, she buries her motherthe only family she has ever knownand worries that when night falls thieves will rob the grave. Even the dead cannot find peace here.Adelaida had a stable childhood in a prosperous Venezuela that accepted immigrants in search of a better life, where she lived with her single-mother in a humble apartment. But now? Every day she lines up for bread that will inevitably be sold out by the time she reaches the registers. Every night she tapes her windows to shut out the tear gas raining down on protesters. When looters masquerading as revolutionaries take over her apartment, Adelaida must make a series of gruesome choices in order to survive in a country disintegrating into anarchy, where citizens are increasingly pitted against each other. But just how far is she willing to go?A bold new voice from Latin America, Karina Sainz Borgos touching, thrilling debut is an ode to the Venezuelan peopleand a chilling reminder of how quickly the world we know can crumble.

Med gripende intensitet skildrer "Det ble natt i Caracas" en kvinnes desperate kamp for å overleve i dagens Venezuela.I Caracas står Adelaida Falcon ved en åpen grav. Her gravlegger hun sin mor, den eneste familien hun noen gang har hatt. Adelaidas tilværelse er rasert, for samtidig som moren har blitt syk og gått bort, er samfunnet rund i ferd med å gå i total oppløsning. Brutale bander råder, og snart blir hjemmet hennes okkupert. Adelaida kastes for alvor ut i kampen for overlevelse i et land der vold og anarki råder, og der innbyggerne blir satt opp mot hverandre. Men skjebnen gir henne et grusomt valg - en mulighet til å unnslippe. Karina Sainz Borgos kraftfulle debutroman er både skremmende, frodig og mørk. Historien minner oss om hvor raskt den verden vi kjenner kan forvitre - og om hvor sterk menneskets overlevelsesdrift kan være.

An urgent literary phenomenon sold in over 22 languages before publication, a gripping tale of one woman's desperate battle to survive the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela.