The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila

Publisher: New Directions Date of Addition: 11/20/18 Copyrighted By: Amparo Davila. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and fear. previous 1 2 next sort by previous 1 2 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávilas stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted-youll finish each one gasping for air. After reading The Houseguest-Dávila’s debut collection in English-you’ll wonder how this secret was kept for so long.Ĭopyright: 2018 Book Details Book Quality: Publisher Quality ISBN-13: 9780811228220 Related ISBNs: 7,413 ratings 1,323 reviews shelved 57,019 times Showing 30 distinct works. 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. The world Dvila imagines weighs on the brain like some sort of delirium.-Robert Rea 'Southwest Review' Readers of Dvila's stories find it difficult, perhaps impossible, to forget them.-Margaret Randall 'World Literature Today' Reminiscent of Shirley Jackson, Franz Kafka, and Edgar Allen Poe, Davila tests the limits of fiction.

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. The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller

The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila