Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile

Welcome to Litsy!

Litsy is a place to share and discover your favorite books with your favorite people.

Litsy is available on the web, for iOS and Android.

It’s fun.  It’s simple.  It’s all about the book. Sign up and get a little Litsy.

To respect member's privacy and keep things awesome, most of Litsy is hidden from Google. We let humans see and share pages, but not machines. Find out more.
This page is: Hidden

Trending Hashtags

See More
#bookspinbingo
58 users recently
#read2025
10 users recently
#bookspin
76 users recently
#AuldLangSpine
48 users recently
#DashingThruDecember
17 users recently
#haikuhive
8 users recently

Trending Books

See More
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
56 users recently
Good Spirits
Good Spirits
B. K. Borison
8 users recently
Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne: A Song and Its Culture
Morag Josephine Grant
7 users recently
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne
8 users recently
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal: the brand new steamy, hilarious small-town festival comedy from the bestselling author
Meghan Quinn
6 users recently
About | Help / FAQs | Privacy | Terms | Press | Resources
The Bitch
The Bitch | Pilar Quintana
6 posts | 4 read | 4 to read
In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense and ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy. "The magic of this sparse novel is its ability to talk about many things, all of them important, while seemingly talking about something else entirely. What are those things? Violence, loneliness, resilience, cruelty. Quintana works wonders with her disillusioned, no-nonsense, powerful prose." Juan Gabriel Vsquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling "The Bitch is a novel of true violence. Artist that she is, Pilar Quintana uncovers wounds we didn't know we had, shows us their beauty, and then throws a handful of salt into them." Yuri Herrera , author of Signs Preceding the End of the World Colombia's Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age "when women dry up," as her uncle puts it, she is eager to adopt an orphaned puppy. But this act may bring more than just affection into her home. The Bitch is written in a prose as terse as the villagers, with storms?both meteorological and emotional?lurking around each corner. Beauty and dread live side by side in this poignant exploration of the many meanings of motherhood and love.
LibraryThing
review
JulietteReadsALot
JulietteReadsALot
The Bitch | Pilar Quintana
post image
Mehso-so

2.75/5
While I liked the writing, and I would not hesitate to read another book by this author, I didn't connect with the story, not sure why...
A woman, not able to conceive, adopts a dog. The parallel themes of education, raising, and all the feelings linked to it (abandonment, disappointment, frustration, feelings of inadequacy, etc.) are present throughout the book.

35 likes
review
Pinta
Pinta
The Bitch | Pilar Quintana
post image
Pickpick

Okay this novella got to me. Pets are always a heart-tugger, the way we expect them to fix other brokenness, expectations of love & loyalty. Damarias, struggling to make a living in coastal Colombia, is given an orphaned puppy. Powerful story told with such simplicity. Trauma & persistence. Jungle as character. Instinct to nurture. Tried the Spanish, but I read so slowly & Lisa Dillman‘s translation is a joy. Devastating end sneaks up. Trans. 2020

10 likes
review
Hooked_on_books
Hooked_on_books
The Bitch | Pilar Quintana
post image
Pickpick

The Bitch is ostensibly a story of a woman and the dog she adopts, but really it is exploring deeper themes of loss and betrayal. Overall I thought it was good but not great and I‘m frustrated by the abrupt ending.

Pictured here with my bitches, #Greta and #Bindi. 😉

TrishB Look at those faces 🐶❤️ 5y
LeahBergen 😆😆 5y
Hooked_on_books @TrishB @LeahBergen They‘re staring at the open peanut butter jar I have clamped under my arm. It was the only way I could get them to both look at me! 🙄😆 5y
See All 6 Comments
TrishB Lol 😆 brilliant! The things we do for a pic! 5y
kspenmoll 🤣🤣 cuties! (edited) 5y
vivastory 😂😂 5y
53 likes6 comments
blurb
BookNAround
BookNAround
The Bitch | Pilar Quintana
post image

Gatsby is offended by the title of my current read. 😂😂😂

AmyG Ha! 5y
LeahBergen 😆 5y
MsMelissa 🤣🤣 5y
Gissy ☺️ 5y
49 likes4 comments
review
RebeccaH
RebeccaH
The Bitch | Pilar Quintana
post image
Pickpick

This book is NOT for the faint of heart but I found it really compelling and atmospheric. About a woman looking for companionship who adopts a puppy. Things get complicated. Out in August.

12 likes
blurb
RebeccaH
RebeccaH
The Bitch | Pilar Quintana
post image

Time for more fiction in translation. This one is out in August from World Editions.

11 likes