Woodworm

A house made of hatred and inhabited by shadows hidden under the beds, in the cupboards, under the foundations, between the bricks of the walls. Ghosts of evil men and apparitions of holy women accompany the last two tenants, a grandmother and granddaughter, whom the villagers avoid during the day, but resort to them at night to settle scores that have remained open for years. The worm that devours the living feeds on the horror of the past, it is satisfied only with revenge, and Laila Martínez writes a novella that belongs to a new literary genre, the feminism of horror, "as if the witches had dictated this exquisite and terrible nightmare to her" (Mariana Enríquez).

Considered a "literary achievement" (Belén Gopegui), Saraki is constantly reprinted in Spain and translated into over ten languages.

Original title: Carcoma
Translation: Aspasia Kampyli
Editing - Proofreading: Dimitris Lymberopoulos
Cover illustration: Tania Cimatti
Cover design - Art direction: João Linneu