The Scale of Maps

by Belén Gopegui

Book Overview

Sergio Prim is a staid, middle-aged geographer. The romantic advances of Brezo Varela, a lively young woman who shares his profession, induce a series of terrifying hallucinations from which he attempts to seek refuge by immersing himself in the quest to map a place in which love never results in disillusionment. A lyrical examination of language, imagination and desire. Bel n Gopegui burst onto the Spanish literary scene in 1993, bowling over critics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087286510X
• ISBN13: 9780872865105
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.9"