La hermana

Paola Kaufmann · 2003 CE · Novel · Latin American · Contemporary

Lavinia Dickinson, the younger sister who stayed in the family house at Amherst, tells the life of Emily, the poet she lived beside and guarded. Her voice is domestic and watchful, set against a household of strict habit and unspoken feeling. It won the Casa de las Americas prize for the novel and appeared in English as The Sister in 2006.

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