The World We Saw Burning

About the author

Renato Cisneros (Lima, 1976) is a well-known journalist, broadcaster and writer from Peru now living in Madrid. Having published a number of books of poetry and two novels, in 2015 he stepped back from his media career to fully concentrate on his writing. The Distance Between Us (Charco Press, 2018) sold over 35,000 copies in Peru alone and has been lauded in the Peruvian and international press. It was shortlisted for the Mario Vargas Llosa Biannual Award, longlisted for the Prix Médicis (2017) and was the winner of the Prix Transfuge du Meilleur Roman Hispanique (2017). Its prequel, You Shall Leave Your Land (Charco, 2023) was also a bestseller in Spain and Latin America. The World We Saw Burning, runner-up for the prestigious Alfaguara Prize (2023) is his most recent novel.

Product details

• Authors: Renato Cisneros
• Assisted by: Fionn Petch (Translation)
• Publisher: BookSource
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 24.06.2025
• EAN: 9781917260084
• ISBN: 978-1-917260-08-4
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / War & Military, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, War & combat fiction, Family life fiction, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Western Europe, War, combat and military adventure fiction, FICTION / World Literature / Peru