The houseguest and other stories / by Amparo Davila ; translated from the Spanish by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dávila, Amparo, author.

Contributor:

Harris, Audrey, 1981- translator.

Gleeson, Matthew, translator.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Mexican.

Genre:

Short stories, Mexican.

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

122 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions, 2018.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Moses and Gaspar

The houseguest

Fragment of a diary

The cell

Musique concréte

Haute cuisine

Oscar

End of a struggle

Tina Reyes

The breakfast

The last summer

The funeral.

Contains:

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. Moses and Gaspar.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. houseguest.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. Fragment of a diary.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. cell.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. Musique concréte.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. Haute cuisine.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. Oscar.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. End of a struggle.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. Tina Reyes.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. breakfast.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. last summer.

Container of: Dávila, Amparo. funeral.

Other Format:

Online version: Dávila, Amparo. Houseguest and other stories.

ISBN:

9780811228213

0811228215

OCLC:

1037885727