Translation Book Club: "Far" by Rosa Ribas, Hatchards Piccadilly

Join Bookblast's Georgia de Chamberet to discuss "Far" by Rosa Ribas, translated from Spanish by Charlotte Coombe.

We are thrilled to welcome editor, writer and founder of BookBlast Ltd, Georgia de Chamberet, as host of The Translation Book Club here at Hatchards.

Meeting on the second Monday of each month, we will be discussing works of fiction in translation from around the world published in the last ten years. With the promise that the titles chosen by Georgia and Hatchards booksellers will be well-written, engaging storytelling, the book club aims to inspire reading for pleasure as well as illuminating cultures beyond our shores.

This evening's discussion focuses: "Far" by Rosa Ribas, translated from Spanish by Charlotte Coombe (published by Foundry Editions):

In a housing development in the middle of the nowhere, one of the many that were built in Spain, but never finished because of the crash, a small community of neighbours, istrying to lead a normal life. Beyond the development that promised every luxury, beyond the streets leading nowhere, behind a high metal fence, the unfinished houses menace the inhabitants as they become occupied by people on the fringes of society whom the crash has destroyed.

Rosa Ribas’s unnamed protagonists come from different sides of this fence. The atmospheric, disturbing, and addictive story of their growing relationship is half quirky love story half strong commentary on how easily and quickly people can fall through the cracks of society. Although the message is entirely universal, the context is deliciously and uniquely Spanish.

It's going to be an evening of brilliant discussion - we hope you can join us!

For your diaries, our next meetings will be:

February 9th: Venice Requiem byKhalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz

March 9th: Lovers of Franz K by Burhan Sönmez, translated by Sami Hêzil tickets will be released soon.