Fernanda Trías And Translated By Annie Mcdermott: The Rooftop [2021] paperback CUSTO Margherita fantasises about the strong

Margherita fantasises about the strong hands of her physiotherapist

It's as simple and as complicated as that

is using both events as part of his plan to destabilise the West

and he wonders whether having a friend can possibly be worth the pain of knowing you will lose them

She now has a house

Fernanda Trías And Translated By Annie Mcdermott: The Rooftop [2021] paperback CUSTO Margherita fantasises about the strongIn a rundown apartment building, in an unnamed city in Uruguay, a father and daughter close themselves off from the world. 'The world is this house', says Clara, and the rooftop becomes their last recess of freedom. A pet canary is their only witness. As Clara's connection to the outside is stripped away the neighbor who stops coming by, the lover whose existence is only known by a pregnancy desperation and paranoia take hold. It's a stifling embrace,