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Las madres no

by Katixa

A pregnant writer becomes obsessed with a woman who killed her twin infants, requesting leave not to parent but to investigate and write about the infanticide. As her due date approaches, the narrator spirals into the dark psychology of motherhood, creation, and destruction. Katixa's unsettling novel interrogates maternal expectations and the violence lurking beneath the surface of creation.

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