TheGuardianBest Books of 2017
“Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andrés Barba has done it with the terrifyingSuch Small Hands.”—Edmund White
Life changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic, lyrical prose, alternating between Marina’s perspective and the choralweof the other girls,Such Small Handsevokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance.
Shirley Jackson meetsThe Virgin Suicides, set at an all-girls orphanage.
NATIONAL PRINT CAMPAIGN:
Times Literary Supplement, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Express, Harpers, New Republic, Bookforum, n+1, The Believer, Bomb, Rain Taxi, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, Booklist.
Pursue excerpts in: Electric Literatures Recommended Reading, Granta, Tin House, ZYZZYVA
ONLINE/SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN:
Los Angeles Review of Books, Music & Literature, Entropy, Library Journal, Tonys Reading List, Shelf Awareness, The Rumpus, The Millions, Typographical Era, Largehearted Boy, extensive blogger outreach.
Promotion via social media: Transit Books Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
RADIO/PODCAST CAMPAIGN:
Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt, KALW Crosscurrents podcast (San Francisco)
GALLEYS:
Galleys sent to key independent booksellers in Oakland, San Francisco, New York, Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago, and Houston.
ENDORSEMENTS:
Lorin Stein, Idra Novey, Rivka Galchen, Stephen Sparks, John Freeman, Mariló,
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