The silenced voice of the maids. A book that offers direct testimonies of a reality that is both everyday and unknown.
Fámulas is one of the synonyms for maid. The author discovers Jean Genet's The Maids in a theater in Madrid and is fascinated by this piece about the crime of the Papin sisters, who murdered her landlady. Her work leads him to evoke her grandmother's maid, a source of inspiration for the character in one of her novels, and to reflect on the abuses that many domestic workers still suffer today. She decides to collect the testimonies – direct, sincere, heartbreaking – of four women from Honduras, Portugal and Cape Verde who, driven by economic needs, came to Spain to work. She gives a voice to those who do not have one.
«Memorize this name: Cristina Sánchez-Andrade. She is, without further ado, one of the most powerful female voices that Spanish literature...read more
