Category: Book Review
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José Donoso’s The Lizard’s Tale
The inclination for escapism, so poignantly symbolized by the novel’s principal metaphor—the lizard’s tail, which is hastily shed when the animal finds itself in danger—is ultimately Muñoz-Roa’s undoing. Reflecting upon his break from the Informalist movement, he cannot determine what, or whom, has been left behind. And this uncertainty is what eventually confounds him, leaving…
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Andrés Neuman’s Traveler of the Century
Traveler of the Century is a novel of collisions: of intellectual idealism and unsentimental reality; of originals and translations; of complacency and unrest; and of the old world clashing with its modern successor. Read the full review here.
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Fabio Genovesi’s Live Bait
Days go by, but Fiorenzo doesn’t budge. His town, Muglione, seems to be rotting. He is caught in the swell of familial and social backwash and, feeling the routine ennui that accompanies small-town life, sets about to become famous—it’s what he deserves of course, having spent years as a social outcast—along with his band mates.…
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