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Panza de burro

by Andrea Abreu

In the volcanic Canary Islands, a working-class girl navigates first desire for an older woman amid the claustrophobia of small-town gossip and class divides. Abreu's prose is lush and breathless, capturing adolescent longing in sun-soaked, dialect-rich Spanish. A sensory explosion of queer awakening and island claustrophobia.

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