We Are Green and Trembling
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| Original title | Las niñas del naranjel |
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| Translator | Robin Myers |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House (Spanish), Harvill Secker (English) |
Publication date | 2023 |
Published in English | 2025 |
| ISBN | 978-6073838122 |
We Are Green and Trembling (Spanish: Las niñas del naranjel, lit. 'The Girls from the Orange Grove') is a 2023 novel by Argentine writer Gabriela Cabezón Cámara. The novel is a reimagining of the life of Antonio de Erauso, a 17th-century explorer of the Americas who was born a woman but lived as a man.[1] An English translation by Robin Myers was published in 2025. The novel has received positive reviews and several awards.
15-year-old Catalina de Erauso escapes from the convent where she was a novice. She goes to America, going under the name Antonio and dressing as a man. After escaping the gallows, Antonio makes a promise to the Virgin of the Orange Grove (La Virgen del Naranjel) to tell his story to his aunt, the prioress, and to rescue two Guaraní girls, Michi and Mitãkuña, from enslavement at the hands of Spaniards.