Un Amor

Hackney Libraries

Join Spanish author Sara Mesa and translator Katie Whittemore for a discussion of Un Amor, a simmering story of obsession

Hackney Central Library

Join Spanish author Sara Mesa and translator Katie Whittemore for a discussion of Un Amor, a simmering story of obsession and small town unease and the first of Mesa's novels to be published in the UK. Fleeing from past mistakes, Nat leaves her life in the city for the rural village of La Escapa. She rents a small house from a negligent landlord, adopts a dog and begins to work on her first literary translation. But nothing is easy: the dog is ill tempered and skittish and misunderstandings with her neighbour’s thrum below the surface. When conflict arises over repairs to her house, Nat receives an unusual offer – one that tests her sense of self, challenges her prejudices, and reveals her most unexpected desires. As Nat tries to understand her decision, the community of La Escapa comes together in search of a scapegoat. After the conversation there will be an opportunity to ask questions, buy books and have them signed.Supported by the Embassy of Spain in the UK and Cervantes Institute, London. Sara MesaPublished in the UK for the first time by Peirene Press, Sara Mesa is the author of eight works of fiction, including Scar (winner of the Ojo Critico Prize), Four by Four (a finalist for the Herralde Prize), An Invisible Fire (winner of the Premio Málaga de Novela), Among the Hedges, and La Familia. Her works have been translated into more than ten different languages, and she has been widely praised for her concise, sharp writing style. Katie WhittemoreKatie Whittemore is graduate of the University of NH (BA), Cambridge University (M.Phil), and Middlebury College (MA), and was a 2018 Bread Loaf Translators Conference participant. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming with Two Lines, The Arkansas International, The Common Online, Gulf Coast Magazine Online, The Los Angeles Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and InTranslation.

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