Undiscovered

Gabriela Wiener Press Reviews

'Wiener has rescued an intimate story from the family archive, a story that is also the infamous history of our continent, with her trademark intelligence and irreverent humor. Her prose, sober and forward, is fresh air; her view allows us to be testimonies of Latin America's cycles of plundering and looting' - Valeria Luiselli, author of 'Lost Children Archive'

'Reading Undiscovered, I wondered what so captivated me about this novel. Was it Gabriela's innate ability to plunder all sorts of convention? Her persistent exploration of our deepest despairs-the weight and falsehoods of the stories and imperatives we inherit? All this, but Undiscovered is also spurred on by a yet more profound and radical strength: the spirit of fury. Powerful and searing, this novel snaps, bucks, heals, and snaps again' - Samanta Schweblin, author of 'Fever Dream'

'Undiscovered's beautiful blend of fiction and personal feeling on everything from sex, to death, to Peru's traumatic history to France's heritage-colonial industry could not be more contemporary, vital and important, or expressed in more dynamic and immersive prose' - Preti Taneja, author of the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning 'We That Are Young'

'The best book that I've read about ancestry and love in the contemporary postcolonial condition' - Paul B. Preciado, author of 'An Apartment on Uranus'

'Gabriela Wiener's ease and grace allow her in Undiscovered to talk about family, desire, racism, colonialism and being a migrant both tenderly and sharply, vulnerable but strong like her beautiful writing' - Mariana Enriquez, author of 'Our Share of Night'