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Two Unsettling Voyages Across the Sea

Plus, more international fiction releases in December. December 5, 2025, 2:00 PM

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This month, we’re reading two unnerving tales that traverse South America and Western Europe.

Galápagos: A Novel

Fátima Vélez, trans. Hannah Kauders (Astra House, 208 pp., $22, December 2025)

This month, we’re reading two unnerving tales that traverse South America and Western Europe.

Galápagos: A Novel

Fátima Vélez, trans. Hannah Kauders (Astra House, 208 pp., $22, December 2025) The book cover for Galapagos

Galápagos makes no secret that it’s a novel about decay. On the first page, Lorenzo, the narrator, feels his pinky nail coming loose “like a baby tooth.” Soon, all his nails have fallen off,

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