The novel, translated by Edith Grossman, makes the list for the books recommended by the popular magazine for December.

“A story of love, violence, and politics, the book is told from the perspective of a Spanish architect named Ignacio Abel who flees Madrid for New York in 1936, leaving behind a wife and children,” according to the New Yorker, adding that this is the fifth of Molina’s books to be translated into English. Read more here.