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A fierce, witty exploration of growing up and transformation, showcasing a bold new voice in Latin American fiction. It's a rainy weekend in Bogotá, and eighteen-year-old Melissa is about to graduate from school. If, that is, she can scrape together the money to pay for the... Read More

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It's a rainy weekend in Bogota, and Melissa is about to graduate from high school. If, that is, she can scrape together the money to pay for the printer she broke. Melissa used to break a lot of things, but after five years of living with her aunt Anahi, she has become much better at controlling her anger.

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A fierce, witty exploration of growing up and transformation, showcasing a bold new voice in Latin American fiction.

It's a rainy weekend in Bogotá, and eighteen-year-old Melissa is about to graduate from school. If, that is, she can scrape together the money to pay for the printer she broke. Melissa used to break a lot of things, but after five years of living with her aunt Anah, she has become much better at controlling her anger.

Then, out of the blue and for the first time in six months, Melissa's mother calls her and invites her to spend the weekend together in their old neighbourhood. Melissa is excited to spend time with her, but nervous about returning to the scene of her troubled early adolescence. Will she make it to Monday morning without jeopardising her future or being swallowed up by her past?

Imagine Breaking Everything

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ISBN: 9781916806122

Publisher: Peirene Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 November 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Peirene Press Ltd

Illustration: Illustrations; Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 125.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Lina Munar Guevara (b. 1996) is a writer and lawyer from Bogot, Colombia. Imagine Breaking Everything was published by Himpar Editores in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Sundial Literary Translation Award (2023). Her story 'In the Mountains' is published in English (translated by Ellen Jones) in a collection of Latin American horror stories titled Through the Night Like a Snake, part of Two Lines Press's Calico Series (2024). Lina has an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University.

Ellen Jones is a writer, editor, and literary translator from Spanish. Her recent and forthcoming translations include Restoration by Ave Barrera (co-translated with Robin Myers), Cubanthropy by Ivn de la Nuez, The Remains by Margo Glantz (shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2023) and Nancy by Bruno Lloret. Her monograph, Literature in Motion: Translating Multilingualism Across the Americas is published by Columbia University Press (2022). Her short fiction has appeared in Litro Magazine, Slug and The London Magazine.