by Lina Meruane · Oficina do Livro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789728579340
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«Póstuma» is the novel by Chilean author Lina Meruane, published in 2001 by Oficina do Livro in paperback (195 pages, in Portuguese).
The novel interweaves fiction and testimonies to address family inheritance, memory, and illness. Its protagonist traces the history of her ancestors while questioning her own identity and a legacy that runs through her.
The original work appeared in 2000; this Portuguese edition includes the translation by Henrique Tavares e Castro.
For readers of fiction interested in translated Chilean literature and in women's writing.
Lina Meruane Boza is a Chilean writer and professor. Her work, written in Spanish, has been translated into 12 languages --English, Italian, Portuguese, German, French and Arabic, among others. In 2011 she won the Anna Seghers-Preis for the quality of her work, in 2012 the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for her novel Sangre en el ojo.
