The Dinner Guest

Ybarra weaves together two life-altering events: the public kidnapping and murder of her grandfather by Basque separatists in 1977, and the private, devastating experience of caring for her mother through terminal cancer decades later. Spare, precise, and deeply moving, it's a meditation on grief, absence, and how public and private tragedy shape a family across generations. Longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize. [Book condition: LIKE NEW]