A touch of the woven into a gritty, realistic world.
The novel explores how unresolved childhood trauma can dictate the course of an entire adult life.
It is a raw look at how someone can become a "living ghost," trapped in the past while the world moves forward. Relationship to Redondo's Later Work
The story is set in the fishing port of , Guipúzcoa, and follows the lives of two inseparable five-year-old girls, Pakutxa and Celeste . Their world is shattered when Pakutxa dies suddenly from a lightning-fast illness.
Redondo uses the damp, gray, and industrial backdrop of the Basque coast to mirror Celeste's internal state.