Chiquitita
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez author Seán Kinsella translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Akoya Publishing
Publishing:14th May '26
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 14th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A story of civil war, displacement and the resilience of hope.
I’M FRIGHTENED OF MY DREAMS, OF EVERYTHING I DON’T KNOW, BUT ALSO OF EVERYTHING I KNOW.
Marisol’s country is collapsing. A military coup sends the five-year-old and her family fleeing into the night. They seek shelter in a refugee camp where her parents try to protect her from danger while they await asylum.
Marisol spends her adult life trying to cope with the memories from her childhood, the aunts and uncles she left behind, the friends whose names she no longer recalls. But when her boyfriend wants to learn more about her past, she finds herself confronting the trauma that haunts her.
Chiquitita is a tender novel about flight and exile, the passing of time, and the experiences that remain with us, refusing erasure.
‘Carmona-Alvarez masterfully depicts a story about escape, longing, and fear – seen through a child’s eyes and later re-experienced from an adult’s perspective. . . It’s impossible to come away from Chiquitita without being deeply moved by the literary experience it offers.’ 6/6
‘Through his meticulous and inventive use of language, Carmona-Alvarez has crafted a profoundly thought-provoking piece of literary art, deepening the reader’s comprehension of the enduring impact of displacement on the human psyche.’
‘This is a poem, not only a novel, a song about fear and fate, loss and longing, with a language so sharp and clear, existential and tender, that you can smell the sea where it all begins’
-- Regina Kammerer'Loosely inspired by Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’s own experiences of fleeing Chile, it captures both the heartbreak of loss and the resilience of hope, making it a quiet but unforgettable read.'
ISBN: 9781836750079
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
192 pages