Discontent

Our heroine compulsively watches YouTube, pops Ativan, quotes both Britney Spears and Proust, dreads work small talk, and, at one point, Googles 'how to be creative.' I adored her. Discontent is a razor-sharp debut with a riveting climax

Anna Dorn, author of PERFUME & PAIN

This intelligent, engaging novel perfectly captures the discontent of our contemporary minds, managing all the while to be totally hilarious

Aysegül Savas, author of THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS

A wry work of spectacular wit, Discontent skewers every novel of workplace ennui that has come before it. Beatriz Serrano writes with a caustic flair for detail, exploring the small humiliations of the everyday corporate office with charm and utter hilarity. Absolutely brilliant

Danya Kukafka, author of NOTES ON AN EXECUTION

Office Space for literary weirdos. Discontent is brimming with witticisms and scathing observations about our modern-day malaise. While Serrano's narrator is drowning in existential dread, her debut novel never feels weighed down. Electric, lively, and brilliantly constructed by a new writer of immense talent

Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of PIZZA GIRL

An acidic reflection on the existential crisis of a generation that thought it had guaranteed success. . . Humour in abundance, a punk ending that blows the reader's mind

Glamour (Spain)

An x-ray as clear as it is painful of a job market that is often willing to steal the souls of those who inhabit it... one of the most outstanding literary debuts of the year

Harper’s Bazaar (Spain)

A faithful portrait of millennial disenchantment

Vogue (Spain)

A generational phenomenon that has crossed borders

Esquire (Spain)

Discontent is a love song to the listless and lonely of the LinkedIn age. Our heroine—the Xanax-popping, YouTube-abusing Marisa—is the picture of modern malaise. Sharp, sad, and sardonic, Serrano's prose is all the encouragement you need to quit that job you hate.

Ariel Courage, author of BAD NATURE