
We Are Green and Trembling
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
We Are Green and Trembling won the National Book Award for Translated Literature and was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026. From deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso writes a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the convent he escaped as a young girl. Since leaving his past behind, he's become Antonio, conquistador. Now, hiding in the jungle and hounded by the army he deserted, Antonio is caring for two Guaraní girls he rescued from enslavement. But the New World has one more metamorphosis in store, which might save them all from extinction. Tender and surreal, We Are Green and Trembling conveys glimmers of hope for the future within the brutal colonial history of Latin America, finding in the rainforest a magical space for transformation.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harvill
- Year
- 2025
- ISBN-13
- 9781529936216
- Genre
- FictionFantasy
- Topics
- Colonialism and its legacyGender identity and transformationHistorical reimagining of a trans man's life
Awards
- International Booker PrizeLonglistedMajor(2026)
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