The Houseguest: And Other Stories
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Publisher: New Directions, November 2018.
ISBN: 0811228215
Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila's stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted--you'll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and fear. She is a writer obsessed with obsession, who makes nightmares come to life through the everyday: loneliness sinks in easily like a razor-sharp knife, some sort of evil lurks in every shadow, delusion takes the form of strange and very real creatures. After reading The Houseguest--Dávila's debut collection in English--you'll wonder how this secret was kept for so long. Paperback. Due to a printing error, pages before the first story are too long (were not cut to the right size), and hang below the wraps.
Item #159125
Price: $9.00