Description: Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso--for the first time in English--is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desire
Brief description:
One of the great Boom writers, José Donoso (1924-1996) wrote novels, novellas, short stories, and poetry. He worked stints as a shepherd in Patagonia and a stevedore in Buenos Aires before studying at Princeton and teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop. He was twice a Guggenheim Fellow and won the William Faulkner Foundation Prize as well as Chile's highest literary honor, the National Literature Prize, among many other awards.
Review Quotes: An erotic delight in the style of Madrid's belle-epoque romance novels.--César Aira