The Houseguest: And Other Stories

by Amparo Dávila

Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo D?vila's stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted--you'll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, D?vila 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811228215
• ISBN13: 9780811228213
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"