Chiquitita
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- ISBN 9781836750079
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 14 May 2026
- Publisher: Akoya Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'And I think I can glimpse terrible things everywhere, things hidden at the time, invisible, as though childhood was a chamber of horrors I wandered through, innocent and unaware, in my coat and patent shoes, the prettiest girl of the day.'
When a military dictatorship takes hold of her home country, young Marisol flees into the night with her family. Seeking refuge, she and her parents reside in a refugee camp in the hope of being granted asylum abroad.
Told through fragments from Marisol’s childhood and adult years, Chiquitita is loosely based on Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’s own experience of fleeing Chile. A haunting story of displacement and trauma, but equally of hope and love in spite of adversity.
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.
