FICTION

Severina

Yale Univ. 2014. 86p. tr. from Spanish by Chris Andrews. ISBN 9780300196092. pap. $13; ebk. ISBN 9780300208498. F
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Several novels by Guatemalan author Rey Rosa have been translated by Paul Bowles, with whom he studied; eventually, Rey Rosa became executor of Bowles's estate. So the immediacy and closely observed detail displayed in this brief but mesmerizing study of a bookseller who tracks a sultry, dark-haired book thief is perfectly fitting. Rippling with suspense, pasión, and finally a measure of understanding.
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