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Still Born

by Guadalupe Nettel

International Booker · 2023 · Shortlist
Fitzcarraldo EditionsLiterary FictionISBN 9781635422023

Award History

AwardYearStatus
International Booker Prize2023Shortlist

About This Book

Two friends navigate the pressures of motherhood from opposite directions—one chooses not to have children, one carries a baby with a fatal diagnosis. A compassionate, closely observed novel about female friendship and bodily autonomy. Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize.

About the Author

Guadalupe Nettel is a Mexican writer born in Mexico City in 1973. Her novel *Still Born* (*La hija única*), shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize, deals with the pressure to become a mother and the complexities of female friendship. She is also the editor of the literary magazine *Revista de la Universidad de México*.

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