A review by halibut
The Bitch by Pilar Quintana

4.0

The story is told in a very terse style, which I felt coupled well with the pervasive, impassive natural world which formed an important part of the story. There's feelings of being trapped and pushed to an edge in lots of ways throughout; trapped by nature on a ribbon of land between the hungry ocean and jungle, trapped economically in the caretaker's room of a collapsing abandoned 'grand' house. The main relationships between Damaris and the dog and Damaris and her husband share the same kind of plausible ambiguity, they never seem truly happy but there are enough moments where they seem to express care for each other. I enjoy this kind of novella, though I can see whats present rather than suggested being a bit too slight for others.