A sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America’s best-known trans men, Antonio de Erauso The new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Adventures of China Iron ‘Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s writing is singular in the Spanish language: an intrepid pulse that shakes and disarms us’ FERNANDA MELCHOR 'Profoundly resonant with our current moment… a story that is not only inclusive but also redemptive' Chicago Review of Books From deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso writes a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the convent he escaped as a young girl. Since leaving his past behind, he's become Antonio, conquistador. Now, hiding in the jungle and hounded by the army he deserted, Antonio is caring for two Guaraní girls he rescued from enslavement. But the New World has one more metamorphosis in store, which might save them all from extinction. We Are Green and Trembling is a masterful subversion of Latin American history, religious
