by Jesús Carrasco · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432227332
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«La tierra que pisamos» is a novel by Jesús Carrasco published by Seix Barral in paperback (272 pages, in Spanish).
In a Spain annexed to a European empire in the 20th century, Eva Holman, a military officer's wife, lives in a village in Extremadura given over to the occupation's elites. The arrival of a man who invades her property alters her life and confronts her with the land, between the exploitation of power and cultivation, as she seeks the meaning of her existence.
It is Jesús Carrasco's second novel, published in 2016, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature and part of the Biblioteca Breve collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking Spanish literature with a historical backdrop and introspection on the land and empathy.
Jesús Carrasco, born 1972 in Olivenza, Extremadura, is a Spanish writer. He held a wide range of jobs in his youth: from physical education teacher, to grape-picker, to graphic designer. In 1992, he moved to Madrid where he began his writing career. In 2005, he moved to Seville, where he still lives.
