This World Does Not Belong to Us is a short, atmospheric novel set in rural Ecuador from Natalia García Freire, translated by Victor Meadowcroft.

To summarise the story, narrator Lucas returns to the house where he grew up, intending to take it back from the two men who are now living there. The narrative moves between Lucas’ recollection of his childhood and the arrival of these two strangers; and the present day, when he is returning as an adult in the hope of taking revenge. Lucas is fascinated by insects. He surrounds himself with bugs and seems to feel an irresistible, hypnotic pull to the dark, slightly dangerous, almost mythical world they inhabit – this immediately triggered some inspiration.