We're thrilled to welcome Agustina Bazterrica to West Kirby to celebrate the publication of her latest book, The Unworthy (translated by Sarah Moses).
Join us on Thursday 29th May, 7pm when Agustina will be in conversation about the book, answering questions from the audience and singing copies of The Unworthy.
Tickets are £6 standard admission or £20 (including a copy of the book).
Please note that this event is non-refundable and if you can't make the talk and would like to reserve a signed copy of The Unworthy, do get in touch.
About The Unworthy:
'Barbaric, brutal and utterly beautiful. The Unworthy is a searing haunt of a novel that I will never forget.' --- Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
'Brutal and aching. A perfect fever dream of a book.'
--- Heather Darwent, author of The Things We Do to Our Friends
'Unflinching, uncompromising, and unforgettable. Agustina Bazterrica shines a light at the end of the brutal and bleak path we are on so that maybe, just maybe, we can turn around and forge a new one.'
--- Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World
A fearsomely dark, incantatory new dystopia set in a post-apocalyptic convent from the author of viral sensation Tender is the Flesh
In the House of the Sacred Sisterhood, the unworthy live in fear of the Superior Sister's whip. Seething with resentment, they plot against each other and await who will ascend to the level of the Enlightened - and who will suffer the next exemplary punishment.
Risking her life, one of the unworthy keeps a diary in secret. Slowly, memories surface from a time before the world collapsed, before the Sacred Sisterhood became the only refuge.
Then Lucía arrives. She, too, is unworthy - but she is different. And her presence brings a single spark of hope to a world of darkness.
About Agustina Bazterrica:
Agustina Bazterrica is an Argentinian novelist and short-story writer. She is a central figure in the Buenos Aires literary scene, working as a cultural organiser and workshop curator. She has received several awards for her writing, most notably the Premio Clarín Novela for her second novel, Tender is the Flesh, which has been translated into over 20 languages and is also available from Pushkin Press.
