The Unworthy

Resumen del libro

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 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 arrival brings a single spark of hope to a world of darkness.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 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 arrival brings a single spark of hope to a world of darkness.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Agustina Bazterricax{0026}lt;/B nació en Buenos Aires en 1974. Es licenciada en Artes (UBA), gestora cultural y jurado de concursos literarios. Publicó los libros de cuentos x{0026}lt;I Antes del encuentro ferozx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Diecinueve garras y un pájaro oscurox{0026}lt;/I , y las novelas x{0026}lt;I Matar a la niñax{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Cadáver exquisitox{0026}lt;/I , ganadora del Premio Clarín de Novela en 2017. Con esta última, Bazterrica se consolidó como una autora best seller a nivel mundial, con más de medio millón de ejemplares vendidos. Publicada por las editoriales más prestigiosas de Francia, Finlandia, Alemania, Inglaterra y Estados Unidos, entre otros países, x{0026}lt;I Cadáver exquisitox{0026}lt;/I fue traducida a más de veinticinco idiomas y aclamada por los principales medios internacionales. x{0026}lt;I The New York Timesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I The Guardianx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I The Wall Street Journalx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I The Washington Postx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Le Mondex{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I O Globox{0026}lt;/I se han hecho eco de este éxito con excelentes críticas a su obra y talento. Actualmente, la novela está siendo adaptada a formato audiovisual. x{0026}lt;I Las indignasx{0026}lt;/I es su última novela.x{0026}lt;/P