Open Door by Luisa Valenzuela
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'.
Luisa Valenzuela explores the terrain where love and violence, erotic pleasure and death, exist perilously close to each other..Valenzuela plays with words, turns them inside out, weaves them into sensuous webs * Village Voice ?Luisa Valenzuela *
's books reflect our present, but they also contain much of our future: there is true light, true love, true freedom in every one of her pages? Julio Cortazar ?Luisa Valenzuela is the heiress of Latin American fiction. She wears an opulent, baroque crown, but her feet are naked? Carlos Fuentes
's books reflect our present, but they also contain much of our future: there is true light, true love, true freedom in every one of her pages? Julio Cortazar ?Luisa Valenzuela is the heiress of Latin American fiction. She wears an opulent, baroque crown, but her feet are naked? Carlos Fuentes
Luisa Valenzuela was born in Argentina and now lives in Buenos Aires. She is described by Carlos Fuentes as 'the heiress of Latin American fiction'. Translations of her work published by Serpent's Tail include The Lizard's Tail, Bedside Manners and Open Door.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781852422523 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852422521 |
| Title | Open Door |
| Author | Luisa Valenzuela |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1992-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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