The Girls

Resumen del libro

California. The summer of 1969. In the dying days of a floundering counter-culture a young girl is unwittingly caught up in unthinkable violence, and a decision made at this moment, on the cusp of adulthood, will shape her life..."This book will break your heart and blow your mind." (Lena Dunham) Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed.

In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out under the California sun. The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. Until she sees them.

The snatch of cold laughter. Hair, long and uncombed. Dirty dresses skimming the tops of thighs.

Cheap rings like a second set of knuckles. The girls. And at the centre, Russell.

Russell and the ranch, down a long dirt track and deep in the hills. Incense and clumsily strummed chords. Rumours of sex, frenzied gatherings, teen runaways.

Was there a warning, a sign of things to come? Or is Evie already too enthralled by the girls to see that her life is about to be changed forever?

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Emma Cline x{0026}lt;/strong (Sonoma, 1989) es licenciada en Bellas Artes y cursó un máster en escritura creativa en la Universidad de Columbia. Ha trabajado como lectora para x{0026}lt;em The New Yorkerx{0026}lt;/em , donde también ha publicado textos de ficción, igual que en las revistas x{0026}lt;em Tin Housex{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em The Paris Reviewx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;/em (que en 2014 la consideró merecedora de su Plimpton Prize) y x{0026}lt;em Granta x{0026}lt;/em (que en 2017 la seleccionó entre los Mejores Novelistas Americanos Jóvenes). x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Las chicasx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , su primera novela, se publicó en cuarenta países, ganó el Shirley Jackson Award y fue finalista del First Novel Prize, el National Book Critics Circle Award y el LA Times Book Prize. En Anagrama ha publicado también la x{0026}lt;em nouvelle x{0026}lt;strong Harvey x{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em y el libro de relatos x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Papix{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong . Su segunda novela es x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em La invitadax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong .x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Fotografíax{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;/em De Vincentisx{0026}lt;/p