Still Born: Guadalupe Nettel

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From a young age, she suffered from eye problems due to a congenital condition in one of her eyes, probably Peters' syndrome.

Reading guide: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by

Laura has taken the drastic decision to be sterilised, but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother.She is the editor of the Revista de la Universidad de México, the oldest cultural magazine in Mexico.

Still Born: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize

Gospodinov’s Time Shelter has the power to take our mind to times and places, uncertain that we will find our way back. After her long-term relationship breaks down and she moves into a new apartment, she becomes drawn to and attached to her neighbour’s son - which forces her to reckon with her own ideologies.Everything pointed towards a tragedy that would upset the course of her existence, perhaps even cut it short in one fell swoop. I would like this novel to help readers realise that human diversity – especially that of children with neurological conditions and women of all kinds – is always beautiful and interesting and that there is no reason to fear or reject it. As soon he has closed his own front door, the decibel level increases as he starts shouting to complain about what’s for lunch. Their families often take these situations as misfortunes that will end forever the life they had and turn it into hell. Still Born is a startling novel about whatever it is that drives adults to take care of children, and all the many things that make that care painful and sometimes impossible.