We Are Green and Trembling

byGabriela Cabezón Cámara, Robin Myers (Translator)

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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.

This fiercely imaginative reworking of colonial history...written in luminous, wild, lyrical and inventive language... is at once playful and devastating, tender and enraging. This imaginative novel critiques familiar narratives of colonialism and empire while offering moments of startling beauty and transformation. It is a vivid and audacious story that reclaims history through language itself

International Booker Prize judges, 2026

About Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

GABRIELA CABEZÓN CÁMARA’s previous novels are Slum Virgin, Romance of the Blonde Brunette and The Adventures of China Iron, which was shortlisted for the International Booker and Médicis prizes. She is an environmental activist and a co-founder of the feminist movement Ni una menos.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781529936209
  • Length: 208 pages
  • Price: £9.99
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