Centroeuropa

by Vicente Luis Mora

In the early 1800s a widower, Redo Hauptshammer, arrives in a small European town to claim land where he plans to bury his wife and farm. Digging the field, he uncovers the bodies of Prussian soldiers and enlists his eccentric neighbours to help. Translated from the Spanish by Rahul Bery. Finalist, 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.