The Dust Never Settles

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...

About the author

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 The White Review's short story prize. The Dust Never Settles is her first novel.

Report

'Once inside this decaying mansion, [Anaïs] and we are transfixed by a series of spectres from the Echeverrías' history. Lickorish Quinn's best sentences... flow through present participles that conjure sights and sounds... strange, and spectacular.' Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Karina Lickorish Quinn, Karina Lickorish Quinn
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780861543168
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-316-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Peru, Fantasy, FICTION / General, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Latin America, Fiction & related items, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Magical Realism, Social & cultural history, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Women's health, Family & relationships, Magical Realism, Family history, tracing ancestors, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: narrative themes, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Fiction and Related items, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, FICTION / Hispanic & Latino / General