Scar
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In this unprecedented story, Sara Mesaβs concise and electrifying style not only exposes the dynamics of a disquieting, imbalanced romantic relationship, it gives shape to an elegant, non-prescriptive reflection on consumer society and theft; power and submission; desire, guilt, and sexuality; fantasy as an alternative to intimacy; the vulnerability of childhood; and the formation of a budding writer. With Scar, Sara Mesa consolidates herself as one of the most original literary voices of her generation. Published in 2015 in Spain and Latin America, Scar has been highly praised by literary critics and will be translated into Italian and Dutch. It won the 2015 Ojo Critico award, from Spainβs National Public Radio, for Spanish fiction authors under forty.
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Sara Mesa is the author of eight works of fiction, including Scar (winner of the Ojo Critico Prize), Four by Four (a finalist for the Herralde Prize), An Invisible Fire (winner of the Premio MΓ‘laga de Novela), Among the Hedges, and Bad Handwriting. Her works have been translated into more than ten different languages, and she has been widely praised for her concise, sharp writing style.
Adriana Nodal-Tarafa lived in Mexico City and Miami during childhood and adolescence. She currently resides in Seattle. An ongoing career in technical translation and a passion for art have led her to pursue creative translation work in entertainment software, film, and literature. She is a graduate of University of Houston-Virginia and Dalkey Archive Pressβ Applied Literary Translation program, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with specialization certificates in Museum studies and Software localization from the University of Washington.
