Hot Milk

Sofia, a young heroine who has switched from anthropology to working as a waitress, arrives in a small Spanish town with her sick mother, Rosa. A conflict is brewing between fragile, uncertain Sofia and Rosa—powerful and commanding. Rosa treats her daughter like a servant and is dissatisfied with her passivity and coldness. The daughter’s personal drama gradually grows into something bigger: Spain turns into a mythical shore—with jellyfish, mysterious healers, and strange omens. “Hot Milk” is a mirage novel—poetic and shimmering.