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The Unworthy

by Agustina Bazterrica and translated by Sarah Moses

First published 2023

Cover of The Unworthy

Reception

Rave reviews. 5 of 7 critics gave a rave.

Rave 5 · Positive 1 · Mixed 1 · Pan 0

  • “Brilliant, chilling … Suspenseful … The horror is made visceral by Bazterrica’s feverish, mythic prose, translated from the Spanish by Sarah Moses … Vivid and anguishing”

    The New York Times Book Review · Laura van den Berg · Rave

2 more quotes

  • “If there is one thing I know, it’s that Agustina Bazterrica knows how to cultivate a landscape of such horror, such intrigue, and such cunning that I’m glued to the…”

    The Chicago Review of Books · Madeline Schultz · Rave

  • “While the detail with which Bazterrica considers this creepy conceit is thoroughly engrossing— and often truly gross — the novel distinguishes itself by examining the brutal choices and compromises made…”

    Los Angeles Review of Books · Cory Oldweiler · Rave

All 7 reviews on Book Marks

  1. 2026
    Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
    Finalist

About the author

Agustina Bazterrica, born 1974, Argentina.

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Catalogue record

Allen & Unwin, 2025 · Spanish original

Publisher
Allen & Unwin, 2025
ISBN
978-1-80533-314-2
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Publisher
Allen & Unwin, 2025
Original language
Spanish
ISBN
  • 978-1-80533-314-2
Author
Bazterrica, Agustina, 1974– · Moses, translated by Sarah
Statement
The Unworthy / Agustina Bazterrica and translated by Sarah Moses.
Records
Open Library Wikidata

Subjects

  • Argentina
  • 2020s
  • Written in Spanish
  • Dystopian fiction

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026