Name: Clean
SKU: 57008809
Price: 15.94 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Alia Trabucco Zerán
ISBN: 9780593850510

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alia Trabucco Zerán

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780593850510

Synopsis "Clean"

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! From a global star and International Booker Prize finalist, a razor-sharp, unforgettable novel about a maid who's seen too much and a family at a breaking point A young girl has died and the family's maid is being interrogated. She must tell the whole story before arriving at the girl's death. Estela came from the countryside, leaving her mother behind, to work for the señor and señora when their only child was born. They wanted a housemaid: "smart appearance, full time," their ad said. She wanted to make enough money to support her mother and return home. For seven years, Estela cleaned their laundry, wiped their floors, made their meals, kept their secrets, witnessed their fights and frictions, raised their daughter. She heard the rats scrabbling in the ceiling, saw the looks the señor gave the señora; she knew about the poison in the cabinet, the gun, the daughter's rebellion as she grew up, the mother's coldness, the father's distance. She saw it all. After a series of shocking betrayals and revelations, Estela stops speaking, breaking her silence only now, to tell the story of how it all fell apart. Is this a story of revenge or a confession? Class warfare or a cautionary tale? Building tension with every page, Clean is a gripping, incisive exploration of power, domesticity, and betrayal from an international star at the height of her powers.

Alia Trabucco Zerán

(Author)

View Author's Page

Alia Trabucco Zerán is a distinguished Chilean writer whose work has been internationally recognized for its bold, thoughtful, and deeply literary style. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1983, Trabucco Zerán studied Law at the University of Chile, but her true passion for literature led her to pursue a Master's in Creative Writing in Spanish at New York University and a PhD in Latin American Literature at University College London.

Her first novel, "La Resta" (2015), is a haunting and poetic exploration of memory, mourning, and the legacies of the Chilean dictatorship. The work was a finalist for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2019, establishing Trabucco Zerán as one of the most promising voices in contemporary Spanish literature.

She later published "Limpia" (2022), a text that challenges genres and norms, exploring themes of violence, class, and power from an innovative literary perspective. Her works stand out for their ability to question and deconstruct traditional narratives, proposing new ways to approach identity and history.

See less