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Never Tell Anyone Your Name

Federico Ivaner author Claire Storey translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HopeRoad Publishing Ltd

Published:26th Oct '23

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Never Tell Anyone Your Name cover

Author in UK 11- 12 November for Young Adult Literary Conference (YALC) 2023

The story of a boy who finds himself in an unfamiliar city with eight hours to kill. With an unusual second- person narrative and an unexpected fantasy twist.The unnamed Uruguayan protagonist has accidentally booked the wrong ticket on a train journey between France and Spain and, finds himself in the Spanish border town of Irun with eight hours to kill. He meets a Spanish girl and her friend who befriend him, but we fear her intentions are not good. An unseen twist in the plot reveals our protagonist is not who he seems. Narrated in a disturbing second person present tense that constantly questions the reader and with a rhythm marked by suspense and inspired by the author's own experience of booking the wrong ticket on a train journey.

'Hauntingly mysterious right to the end' Johanna McCalmont World Kid Lit; 'Spectacularly written, Ivanier's prose flows beautifully' Sabastian Vargas;Ivanier describes with admirable freshness, that relationship between teenagers not very aware of their feelings' La Republica;‘A worldwide first Young Adult novel from Uruguay to ever be published in English. Ivanier’s hauntingly crafted novella with its clever twists and turns reveals a dark story which is hinted at from the beginning and again later on with an overt reference to the boy’s favourite classic novel. The lyrical text, excellently translated by Claire Storey, builds the atmosphere and increases tension chapter by chapter. This is not a novel for the faint-hearted with its rather macabre climax, however, it is more than just a book defined in the horror genre; there are so many complex emotions mixing everyday normality and the power of love with something much darker and sinister’ Outside in World

  • Winner of Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo - winner / National Prize for Literature from the Uruguayan Ministry for Education (Uruguay).
  • Winner of The Academy of British Cover Design - Young Adult 2024 (UK)

ISBN: 9781913109226

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128 pages