Last Day of a Prior Life

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Last Day of a Prior Life by Andrés Barba
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Last Day of a Prior Life

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While preparing an empty house for sale, a woman encounters an unblinking seven-year-old boy, trapped there from another era, like an insect preserved in amber. Unable to articulate what he needs, the child draws her into an unsettling bond that neither can escape … until they understand what has caused it.

With incredible precision, this deeply disquieting novel weaves together doppelgängers and time loops in the tradition of a classic ghost story. Yet its contemporary sensibility — where lyricism meets cruelty — evokes the dark horror of Shirley Jackson.

From one of the most renowned Spanish-language authors working today, Last Day of a Prior Life is a masterful dissection of human longing and the ties that bind us, even across time itself.

Publish Date
Publisher
Scribe Publicatons
Language
English
Pages
176
Edition Availability
Cover of: Last Day of a Prior Life
Last Day of a Prior Life
2026-07-16, Scribe Publicatons
Paperback in English • translated by Lisa Dillman - UK edition
Cover of: Last Day of a Prior Life
Last Day of a Prior Life
2026-06-30, Scribe Publications
Paperback in English • translated by Lisa Dillman - Australian edition
Cover of: El último día en la vida anterior
El último día en la vida anterior
2023-02-01, Anagrama
Paperback in Spanish

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Book Details


First Sentence

"Here's what happens: She sees the boy the first day the house goes on the market, while cleaning the kitchen between visits from two potential buyers."

Edition Notes

Published in
London, UK
Copyright Date
2026
Translation Of
El último día de la vida anterior
Translated From
Spanish

Contributors

Translator
Lisa Dillman
Typesetter
Laura Thomas
Printer
CPI Group (UK) Ltd

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
152p
Number of pages
176
Dimensions
19.8 x 12.9 x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL62633176M
ISBN 13
9781915590725

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL45347393W

Work Description

La empleada de una inmobiliaria prepara una casa vacía para la visita de unos compradores cuando se encuentra en la cocina con un niño de siete años que no pestañea. La aparición se repetirá y la mujer dejará atrás su mundo cotidiano para, como la Alicia de Lewis Carroll, atravesar el espejo. Lo que hay al otro lado es un tiempo suspendido, un bucle y una vida. Repleta de apariciones de dobles y cruces temporales, la precisión de maquinaria de esta pequeña novela la emparenta con grandes clásicos del género fantástico y de fantasmas como Otra vuelta de tuerca, de Henry James, pero en una versión contemporánea en la que el lirismo, la delicadeza y la crueldad tienen un papel preponderante, como en la estética de Déjame entrar, de John Ajvide Lindqvist, o las novelas de Shirley Jackson. Andrés Barba se adentra en los vínculos entre pasado y presente, en lo que dejamos atrás, en lo que no debe perderse o no puede perdonarse. Una novela concisa, envolvente, perturbadora y deslumbrante

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