Unworthy

A fearsomely dark, incantatory new dystopia set in a post-apocalyptic convent from the author of viral sensation Tender is the Flesh
'Barbaric, brutal and utterly beautiful. The Unworthy is a searing haunt of a novel that I will never forget' LUCY ROSE, AUTHOR OF THE LAMB
In the House of the Sacred Sisterhood, the unworthy live in fear of the Superior Sister's whip. Seething with resentment, they plot against each other and await who will ascend to the level of the Enlightened - and who will suffer the next exemplary punishment.
Risking her life, one of the unworthy keeps a diary in secret. Slowly, memories surface from a time before the world collapsed, before the Sacred Sisterhood became the only refuge.
Then Lucía arrives. She, too, is unworthy - but she is different. And her presence brings a single spark of hope to a world of darkness.

About the author

Sarah Moses is a writer and translator of French and Spanish. She co-translated Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize, among other awards. Her translation of Agustina Bazterrica's Tender is the Flesh was published by Pushkin Press in 2020.

Product details

• Authors: Agustina Bazterrica
• Assisted by: Sarah Moses (Translation), Moses Sarah (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2025
• EAN: 9781805331858
• ISBN: 978-1-80533-185-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, Horror & ghost stories, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, FICTION / Horror / General