DEAD LANDS (ANGLÈS)

A gothic and kaleidoscopic novel that reveals an atavistic universe. Nuria Benedicho Giró´s magnetic debut.

Joan´s violent death opens this novel that unravels the story of a cursed lineage. He was shot from behind in a secluded house where only the family lives. Which one of them could have done it? He was the only one of them who had it all, and now he is bleeding out in the small pantry where his mother installed him after three years of absence. What kind of heart is capable of proposing that a son's legs be cut off to fit him inside a box?

Terres mortes is a polyphonic tale that unravels an atavistic universe. A mother who escapes from a nightmare only to create another one. A father who doesn't care about much anymore. The scowling, rude son that everyone fears. Those in the middle who fight to find their place even if it's far away. The girl confined to her home due to an unwanted pregnancy. And the boy, luminous and wild. A wild origin, two deaths, and a secret weigh down on all of them. And despite everything, a resilient goodness that is trying to survive the vileness that permeates through everything breaks through in their testimonies.

Nuria Benedicho Giró debuts with a gothic story that makes us wonder whether those who are guilty aren't actually the freest and whether or not we are all victims of the same darkness. A kaleidoscopic novel that interrogates human nature and plunges us into a sordid world that is difficult to leave without feeling rage and compassion.