3.5
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Winner of the prestigious Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize,
is the first novel by Eduardo Lalo to become available to English-language audiences thanks to this sparkling translation by David Frye. A tale of alienation, love, suspense, imagination, and literature set on the streets of San Juan,
tells the story of a Chinese immigrant student courting (and stalking) a disillusioned, unnamed writer who is struggling to make a name for himself in a place that is not exactly a hotbed of literary fame.
By turns solipsistic and political, romantic and dark,
begins with the writer's frustrated, satiric observations on his native city and the banal life of the university where he teaches—forces utterly at odds with the sensuality of his writing. But, as mysterious messages and literary clues begin to appear—scrawled on sidewalks and walls, inside volumes set out in bookstores, left on his answering machine and under his windshield wiper—
progresses into a cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his mystery stalker.
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“This book was one of the most boring books I’ve ever read with the author often rambling for no reason. You can read my full take on it here: aligarcia22.wordpress.com”
“One of the cringiest and worst books I have ever read. I do not recommend it to anyone, not even my worst enemy. The main character has a weird fetish to the woman he is interested in, but at the same time, does not understand what he likes about her or why he spends time with her. Disturbing read for a 17 yr old HS student loans that was instructed to read it for her advanced Spanish class”
About Eduardo Lalo
is a writer, essayist, video artist, and photographer from Puerto Rico. He is the author of ten Spanish-language books, including
,
, and, most recently,
.
is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Michigan who translates both Spanish poetry and prose.
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