The Cousins

In Aurora Venturini's cult masterpiece, we follow the story of a poor family of women marked by birth defects in 1940s Argentina, through the eyes of Yuna, who manages to become a successful painter and gain the long-awaited financial independence. Masterfully balancing artistic vision and raw realism, Yuna narrates in a flowing manner, with spontaneity but also absolute precision, unconventionality and (dark) humor, a story of sexual abuse, murder and exploitation. With a penetrating gaze and sharp words, she speaks without taboos about the savagery of life, the cruelty of society, family, female sexuality, revenge, but also about the way in which art can become a vehicle for personal development. A voice unique in contemporary Latin American literature, unconventional, sharp and, ultimately, utterly fascinating.

Original title: Las primas
Translation: Maria Athanasiadou, Theoni Kambra, Aliki Manola, Ifigenia Doumi, Konstantinos Palaiologos
Editing - Proofreading: Vicky Porphyridou
Cover illustration: Tania Cimatti
Cover design - Art direction: João Linneu/ Void