The Postwoman

The Postwoman is one of the most ambitious and well-written novels to have come out of Galicia in the last twenty years. It follows the trials and tribulations (and sporadic joys) of a temporary postwoman in an imaginary city that might be Vigo. She is assigned to the district of Somewhere, where she comes into contact with a host of characters - from Humpty, an ex-heroin addict who likes to read on his windowsill, to the fortune-teller Selena, who warns her to watch out for the eyes of the...