Chiquitita

Pedro Carmona-Alvarez was born in La Serena, Chile. At the age of ten, he and his family fled to Argentina, and the family later moved to Norway.He made his debut with a collection of poetry in 1997, and has since published several award-winning books. The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So On was longlisted for the 2017 Dublin Literary Award.Seán Kinsella is an acclaimed translator of Norwegian literature who has translated several prestigious authors including Karl Ove Knausgaard, Åsne Seierstad and Frode Grytten. His translation of Tore Renberg’s See You Tomorrow was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and his translation of Stig Sæterbakken’s Through the Night was longlisted for Three Percent’s Best Translated Book Award.

‘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