Return to the Dark Valley / Santiago Gamboa ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamboa, Santiago, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Curtis, Howard, 1949- translator.

Standardized Title:

Volver al oscuro valle. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Women poets--Fiction.

Women poets.

Revenge--Fiction.

Revenge.

FICTION / Literary.

FICTION / Hispanic & Latino.

FICTION / Cultural Heritage.

Local Subjects:

FICTION / Literary.

FICTION / Hispanic & Latino.

FICTION / Cultural Heritage.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

461 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2017.

Summary:

"Manuela Beltrán, a poet haunted by a troubled childhood, is bent on revenge for the wrongs she suffered at the hands of her mother's lover. Her vendetta will draw together a cast of enigmatic characters, the inhabitants of Gamboa's 'dark valley.' There is Tertullian, an Argentine who claims to be the Pope's son, ready to consort to extreme methods to create a harmonious society. There is Ferdinand Palacios, a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past now confronted with his guilt. Then there are Juana and 'the consul,' united in a complex relationship based on desire, need, and pain. Finally, there's Arthur Rimbaud, the precocious, brilliant poet whose dramatic life story plays a central role in this kaleidoscopic tale." -- Taken from inner cover.

Contents:

Part I - Theory of suffering bodies (or Figures emerging from the wreckage)

Part II - Heading for the 5th Parallel (or the Republic of Goodness)

Epilogue (Returning where Rimbaud wanted to return).

ISBN:

1609454251

9781609454258

OCLC:

975083885