Not A River - Selva Almada essays the commonplace

the commonplace

Inspired by other publications proving that print is not dead and neither are honesty or independence

Though she can barely see above his head

and the lengths they go to source ingredients and discover new dishes

sold in a limited edition of 2000 copies

Not A River - Selva Almada essays the commonplaceThree men go out fishing, returning to a favourite spot on the river despite their memories of a terrible accident there years earlier. As a long, sultry day passes, they drink and cook and talk and dance, and try to overcome the ghosts of their past. But they are outsiders, and this intimate, peculiar moment also puts them at odds with the inhabitants of this watery universe, both human and otherwise. The forest presses close, and violence seems