We Are Green and Trembling
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We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
**LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026**
**Winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature**
A sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America’s best-known trans men, Antonio de Erauso
'Playful and devastating, tender and enraging' INTERNATIONAL BOOKER JUDGES, 2026
'Luminous' SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN
‘Bold and compassionate’ Financial Times
From deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso writes a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the convent he escaped as a young girl. Since leaving his past behind, he’s become Antonio, conquistador. Now, hiding in the jungle and hounded by the army he deserted, Antonio is caring for two Guaraní girls he rescued from enslavement. But the New World has one more metamorphosis in store, which might save them all from extinction.
Tender and surreal, We Are Green and Trembling conveys glimmers of hope for the future within the brutal colonial history of Latin America, finding in the rainforest a magical space for transformation.
'Profoundly resonant… the power of storytelling to reclaim what history tries to erase’ Chicago Review of Books
‘Sensuous and searing – a queer anticolonial picaresque’ Publishers Weekly
‘Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s writing is singular in the Spanish language’ FERNANDA MELCHOR
Translated by Robin Myers
So sharp, so urgent, so braveGabriela Cabezón Cámara is one of the most authentic voices writing in Spanish today, and among her many talents is one that's especially hard to find: not only does she challenge and incite us, not only does she confront the darkness, but she also gives us in return the subversive courage to think of ourselves as more human, more alive, and more luminous than ever -- Samanta Schweblin
"Cabezón Cámara’s entrancing poetry reminds us how magical and frankly unpleasant it is to live through history * New York Times *
This is the truth of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara's literature: it's capable of questioning the very conception of the Western world through beauty. -- Brenda Navarro
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Author)
GABRIELA CABEZÓN CÁMARA’s previous novels are Slum Virgin, Romance of the Blonde Brunette and The Adventures of China Iron, which was shortlisted for the International Booker and Médicis prizes. She is an environmental activist and a co-founder of the feminist movement Ni una menos.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787304765 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787304760 |
| Title | We Are Green and Trembling |
| Author | Gabriela Cabezón Cámara |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2025-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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