Synopses & Reviews
Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated by Toby Talbot. Luisa Valenzuela is one of the most recognized Latin American writers in the U.S. She has been featured in Time alongside Garca M"rquez and Vargas Llosa. This novel with the characteristics of a thriller is set in New York among Argentine exiles; a man emerges from a building, a revolver in his pocket. Upstairs, in her apartment, alone, lies a woman, an actress the man met for the first time that evening. She is dead; the man is an Argentine novelist adrift in New York, trying desperately to write. Following in Dostoyevsky's footsteps, Valenzuela's dark story draws a fine line between creativity and insanity. It shows a penetrating portrait of the sub-city, complete with its seductive perversity.
Review
"Valenzuela's writing gives a sensual edge to the violence of power." —Newsweek
Synopsis
Thrilling and dark, this is a novel of obsession and crime—a commentary on the fine line between creativity and insanity. A stark and powerful story that is literary to its core, the novel follows two Argentine writers self-exiled in New York City, one of whom is a murderer, and both of whom are inexplicably driven to lose themselves in the city that never sleeps.
About the Author
Luisa Valenzuela is a preeminent Argentine writer who has received a Fulbright Scholarship and Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. She is the author of Bedside Manners, Clara, He Who Searches, and The Lizard's Tail. She is known for her experimental writing style and the political critiques in her Spanish-language novels.