Description:
FINALIST FOR THE 2026 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION
SOON TO BE THE FILM ASHES DIRECTED BY DIEGO LUNA
An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.
Brief description: Brenda Navarro is one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the Spanish language. Eating Ashes won the Cálamo and CEGAL prizes and was a finalist for the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Prize. Originally from Mexico, she lives in Madrid.
Review Quotes: Navarro confronts the intimate and systemic struggles that migrants face and asks what it means to live a life worth living in this novel about alienation and courage.-- "Electric Literature"