by Velma Wallis · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440670649
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«Las dos ancianas» is Velma Wallis's survival novel, published by Ediciones B in hardcover (144 pages, in Spanish).
Based on a legend of the Yukon Athabascans, it tells how two old women are abandoned by their tribe during a harsh winter of famine. Alone in the cold, they must set aside their ailments and rely on their ingenuity and ancestral wisdom to survive. A tale of resilience, friendship, and connection with nature.
This Spanish edition was published in 1997; the original appeared in 1993 as 'Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival' and won the Western States Book Award.
For readers of contemporary fiction and survival narrative, as well as those seeking a brief read inspired by native legends.
Velma May Wallis is an American writer of Gwich'in Athabascan Indian descent. Her books have been translated into 17 languages.
