Open Door
by Luisa ValenzuelaHortense Carpentier (Translator)Helen Lane (Translator)J. Jorge Castello (Translator)Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)Christopher Leland (Translator)David Unger (Translator)
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781852422523
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Walk through Luisa Valenzuela's Open Door and into a world both lush and sinister. ?Cat's Eye? is a glittering, fearful story, sinuous like the panther that lurks in the central character's eye, in ?Country Carnival? we see the military-hero turned costumed surrealist arrive at the country carnival to upset the local women. In ?Legend? Jos? Maria and Maria Jos? are unhappy twins in a single, gender-confused body, and ?City of the Unknown? is a journey into the illusion of reality. From a dusty town in rural Argentina to the caverns of New York, Open Door admits the reader into a world of finely-crafted prose. Her black humour reveals a society dominated by male violence and militarism and shows why Luisa Valenzuela is, in the words of Carlos Fuentes, 'the heiress of Latin American ficition'.
| ISBN-13 | 9781852422523 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1852422521 |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.04 x 0.75 x 7.68 In |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 208 pages |
| Publisher | Serpent's Tail |
| Published On | 1992-05-15 |
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