Solo Un Poco Aquí / Just Here for a While

Luego de su contundente debut, Azares del cuerpo, Mar a Ospina Pizano regresa con una novela que es animales y movimiento: una t ngara migratoria lucha con los desv os que imponen las luces de la ciudad y sus edificios, un puercoesp n hu rfano es alimentada con leche humana, dos perras se refugian juntas de sus abandonos y un cucarr n reci n salido de la tierra se extrav a. Estos seres vuelan, se acurrucan, se arrastran, gru en, lamen, olisquean, se trepan y buscan morada por estas p ginas de extraordinaria literatura. Ospina Pizano nos regala fogonazos de vida a trav s de aquellas criaturas que existen a plena vista sin ser vistas, pero que aqu (y siempre) son testigos de las heridas humanas.

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Winner of the Sor Juana In s de la Cruz Prize
Winner of Colombia's National Novel Award

This prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the inextricable human and natural worlds.

In Only a Little While Here, award-winning author Mar a Ospina evokes the gratification to be found through close, humble observation of nature. With characteristic precision and intensity, Ospina trains our attention on the lives of five creatures: a migratory songbird dazzled by city lights, an orphaned porcupine saved by kindness, two dogs grieving the loss of their human companions, and a determined beetle transported to a vast, unimaginable world. The surprising drama of their lives reveals the fragility and power of belonging, and what it means to create--or lose--a home. Along the way, our narrator models the attentiveness needed to mend the rift between humans and non-human creatures and celebrates animals' often-overlooked status as witnesses of our shared world.

Alive with eagle-eyed curiosity, Only a Little While Here is ecological fiction at its most soul stirring.