Name: Four by Four
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Author: Sara Mesa
ISBN: 9781948830140

Type

Physical Book

Author

Sara Mesa

Translated by

Katie Whittemore

Publisher

Open Letter

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

140

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.3 x 13.7 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781948830140

Synopsis "Four by Four"

"In Four by Four, Mesa's sentences are clear as glass, but when you look through you will be terrified by what you see."--Laura van den Berg, author of The Third HotelSet entirely at Wybrany College--a school where the wealthy keep their kids safe from the chaos erupting in the cities--Four by Four is a novel of insinuation and gossip, in which the truth about Wybrany's "program" is always palpable, but never explicit. The mysteries populating the novel open with the disappearance of one of the "special," scholarship students. As the first part unfolds, it becomes clear that all is not well in Wybrany, and that something more sordid lurks beneath the surface.In the second part--a diary written by an imposter who has infiltrated the school as a substitute teacher--the eerie sense of what's happening in this space removed from society, becomes even more acute and sinister.An exploration of the relationship between the powerful and powerless--and the repetition of these patterns--Mesa's "sophisticated nightmare" calls to mind great works of gothic literature (think Shirley Jackson) and social thrillers to create a unique, unsettling view of freedom and how a fear of the outside world can create monsters.

Sara Mesa

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Sara Mesa (Madrid, 1976) desde niña reside en Sevilla. Estudió Periodismo y Filología hispánica. Es famosa por su obra narrativa. En 2012 fue Finalista del Premio Herralde de Novela, con la obra Cuatro por Cuatro. También ha publicado libros de poesía; Este jilguero agenda, ha ganando el prestigioso Premio Miguel Hernández de Poesía. A la vez, ha escrito crítica literaria en el blog colectivo Estado Crítico, en la revista Letras Libres y en el periódico El Norte de Castilla. Es considerada una de las voces más interesantes y prometedoras de su generación.

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