Clean

Author:   Alia Trabucco Zerán ,  Sophie Hughes
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
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9780008607937


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 June 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alia Trabucco Zerán ,  Sophie Hughes
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:   Fourth Estate Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780008607937


ISBN 10:   0008607931
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 June 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Praise for Clean ‘What a spellbinding nightmare Alia Trabucco Zerán has written. A biting, addictive portrait of the rot ‘good families’ conceal’ Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season ‘Clean is the best book of the year. It is the novel of a vital and truly extraordinary writer’ La Tercera ‘One of the most powerful voices of current Chilean literature’ El Mundo ‘Overwhelming … tragic and essential’ El Mundo ‘Those who read Clean are met with life looking straight at them, stripped of any mask and without the option to look the other way’ El Diario Praise for The Remainder ‘The Remainder is a lyrical evocation of Chile's lost generation, trying ever more desperately to escape their parents' political shadow’ Man Booker International Judges ‘Deeply compelling’ Guardian ‘Truly stunning, full of deft turns of phrase’ Los Angeles Times ‘The second-generation trauma narrative … gets a Chilean spin … Faulknerian in themes, structure, and style’ Vulture


‘What a spellbinding nightmare Alia Trabucco Zerán has written. A biting, addictive portrait of the rot ‘good families’ conceal’ Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season ‘Compelling, claustrophobic and irresistible, Clean is both a masterclass in suspense and a clear-eyed portrait of isolation and grief. Extraordinary’ Paula Hawkins, author of Blind Spot ‘Grippingly original, a book of intense power’ Philippe Sands, author of The Last Colony ‘Clean is the best book of the year. It is the novel of a vital and truly extraordinary writer’ La Tercera 'Told in the disturbing and commanding voice of a domestic maid, this gripping intimate story savages the status quo to demand a kinder world. Highly recommended' Laline Paull, author of Pod 'Brutal, beautiful, feverishly propulsive, a novel to lose yourself in. It leaves you angry, saddened, and completely mesmerised. I will read whatever Trabucco Zerán writes next. Just stunning’ Jenny Mustard, author of Okay Days ‘One of the most powerful voices of current Chilean literature’ El Mundo ‘Overwhelming … tragic and essential’ El Mundo ‘Those who read Clean are met with life looking straight at them, stripped of any mask and without the option to look the other way’ El Diario 'Dazzling and overwhelming' Lina Meruane 'Lucid, ruthless and brutal' Federico Falco 'An amazing novel, using the monologue of a woman whose only possession is her voice' Emiliano Monge 'A novel that gives you no escape […] Acidic, intelligent, coherent and authentic' El Diario 'A story of alienation and power' ABC Cultural 'Full of powerful scenes that combine with incredible mastery explosions of language with implosions of plot and vice versa' El País 'Clean is a tense novel, and Trabucco uses that carefully concocted tension to portray the everlasting class struggle' The Objective


‘A spellbinding nightmare … A biting, addictive portrait of the rot ‘good families’ conceal’ Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season 'Rich and compelling…Uncomfortable and provocative' Financial Times ‘Compelling, claustrophobic and irresistible … a masterclass in suspense and a clear-eyed portrait of isolation and grief’ Paula Hawkins, author of Blind Spot ‘Grippingly original, a book of intense power’ Philippe Sands, author of The Last Colony 'Compelling … with a tightly coiled power' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing it Right? ‘This unnerving Chilean literary thriller cuts like a knife… Trabucco is a rising star’ The Bookseller ‘Zerán is a powerhouse … terrifying, explosive and exhilarating’ Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies ‘A nightmarish examination of the life of a live-in maid … and the toxic family and societal relationships that surround her’ Financial Times ‘A strong narrative energy drives the novel to its conclusion, by which time the atmosphere is so full of dread you could weigh it’ Guardian 'Disturbing and commanding … [a] gripping intimate story' Laline Paull, author of Pod ‘A remarkable, gripping exploration of the dynamics of class, agency and culpability’ Sarah Bernstein, author of Study for Obedience 'Brutal, beautiful, feverishly propulsive’ Jenny Mustard, author of Okay Days ‘Beautifully written and profound’ Lucie Whitehouse, author of Last Witness ‘A white-knuckle ride that kept me gripped from the very first page … I hardly paused for breath’ Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller 'A unique, chilling read' Press Association ‘Buzzing with tension, crime and menacingly complex class divisions’ Holly Pester, author of The Lodgers ‘A novel of disturbing intensity and startling clarity’ Helen Charman, author of Mother State ‘Pacy yet vivid’ Jen Calleja, author of Vehicle


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Alia Trabucco Zerán was born in Chile in 1983. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for her MFA in Creative Writing at New York University and she holds a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies from University College London. La Resta (The Remainder), her debut novel, won the prize for Best Unpublished Literary Work awarded by the Chilean Council for the Arts in 2014, and on publication was chosen by El País as one of its top ten debuts of 2015. In 2019 The Remainder was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and translated into nine languages. Alia splits her time between Chile and the UK. She is the recipient of an Arts Council England DWCP grant and will be researching her next book in the UK in a few months.

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