Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila's stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted--you'll finish each one gasping for air. 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.

Item # 7820611

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

ISBN: 9780811228213

Binding: Paperback

Author: Dávila, Amparo

Audience Type: Adults

Published On: 11-27-2018

Pages: 144

Weight: 0.30 pounds

Dimensions: 7.80 x 5.10 x 0.40 inches