LAS HIJAS DE ANTONIO LÓPEZ

Las Hijas de Antonio López (The Daughters of Antonio López) is a settling of scores with life, which never owes us anything however much it takes from us. "What's lost is lost. All you can do is look forwards and protect what is to come," according to Rebeca Khamlichi, the Madrid artist known for her colourful canvases of pop virgins, who, in her first foray as an author, offers a portrait of the desolate lives of two young girls in the 90s. Alcoholism, religious fanaticism, domestic violence, abandonment, pure fear are to be found in the pages of this novel where terror appears as never before: beautiful and delicately illustrated.