The Dust Never Settles

Anaïs chose to leave Peru and the constant whispers of her deceased relatives behind when she moved to London to begin a new life. But now she must return to her homeland to sell the grand family home that has loomed over the sprawling city of Lima for centuries, submerging herself once more in Perus troubled past. A gorgeously atmospheric debut about secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Sweeping from the bustling beaches of contemporary Lima to local ceviche bars crammed with fishermen, music and folklore; from the rise and fall of the Inca Empire to a civil war that will devastate a nation, The Dust Never Settles is a love letter to Peru.'A breath-taking writer of singular voice' Patrick Flanery, author of Absolution'I have seen ghosts. They will not rest. The whispers of the past are all around...'And running through it all, like the warm smell of orange blossom she remembers from her childhood, is Anais, who has returned to the country she loves after seven years abroad. Her beloved grandparents have passed away, and the time has come for her to sell the 'yellow house on the hill'.As Anais prepares to say a final goodbye, she is haunted by memories. Dark truths of previous generations are hidden behind these crumbling walls - secrets that threaten to overwhelm her...

Autorentext

Karina Lickorish Quinn is a bilingual, Peruvian-British writer raised in Lima, the English Midlands and New York. Karina has a BA from Oxford University, an MA from UCL, and a PhD from Queen Mary University of London. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Her work has appeared in The Offing, Asymptote and elsewhere, and her short fiction features in Un Nuevo Sol, the first major anthology of British-Latinx writers. In 2016, she was shortlisted for T*he White Review's short story prize. The Dust Never Settles* is her first novel.

Klappentext

A hauntingly beautiful debut for fans of Isabel Allende and Kazuo Ishiguro