Praise for Pilar Quintana

“Pilar Quintana uncovers wounds we didn’t know we had, shows us their beauty, and then throws a handful of salt into them.” —YURI HERRERA, author of Signs Preceding the End of the World

“How can I sum up everything that fascinates me about Pilar Quintana. Her incredible lyricism. Her path against the unexpected. The tension—razor-sharp, poetic and uncompromising.”—SARA MESA

Praise for Abyss

“What are the abysses that a girl, stunned by the mysteries of her family and the world, peers into? Her apartment is a jungle, her home a supermarket, her country a fog-enclosed mountain range obscuring the cliffs. Readers too fall, stunned, into Pilar Quintana’s abyss.” —HÉCTOR ABAD

“Pilar Quintana has created a powerful story that contrasts with the hopeless and doomed atmosphere that surrounds the protagonist. In subtle and brilliant prose, in which nature connects us with the symbolic possibilities of literature, the abysses are both real and intimate.” —JURY, Alfaguara Novel Prize 2021

“In a powerful, unsettling voice, Pilar Quintana explores the fears of childhood alongside the fragility and violence of adults. With lucidity, innocence, suspense and the labyrinths of desire, she draws an unforgettable map of the heartrending road to freedom.” —IRENE VALLEJO

“A voice of strength, one that takes us to the world of a young girl confronting adult reality from a visionary childhood, a truly important voice that resides in each of us and makes this novel so moving. Abyss is Pilar Quintana’s triple jump.” —ANA MERINO

“A work built around small details that can define an entire continent.” —Vogue

• By the Colombian author of The Bitch, a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and PEN Awards Winner
• Lead title of Fall 2022
• Announced first print-run 20,000
• Winner of the Premio Alfaguara 2021
• In Colombia’s upper class, a young girl reflects on her parents’ troubled marriage
• Advance galleys and digital reader copies
• Digital assets including trailer & author video
• Signed book plates available
• National TV, radio, print, and online review campaign
• Consumer-facing national advertising campaign on Shelf Awareness, Lithub, NPR, Foreword Reviews, Goodreads
• Virtual or in-person author events
• Book club discussion guide
• Bookstore co-op available
• Excerpt placement
• Social media campaign & Goodreads Giveaway