The Secret of Evil
Published in Spain just before Bolano’s death, A Little Lumpen Novelita percolates with a fierce and tender love of women
“Now I am a mother and a married woman, but not long ago I led a life of crimeâ€: so Bianca begins her tale of growing up the hard way in Rome. Orphaned overnight as a teenager―“our parents died in a car crash on their first vacation without usâ€â€•she drops out of school, gets a crappy job, and drifts into bad company. Her younger brother brings home two petty criminals who need a place to stay. As the four of them share the family apartment and plot a strange crime, Bianca learns how low she can fall. Electric, tense with foreboding, and written in jagged, propulsive chapters, A Little Lumpen Novelita delivers a surprising, fractured fable of seizing control of one’s fate.Country | USA |
Brand | New Directions |
Manufacturer | New Directions |
Binding | Paperback |
ItemPartNumber | 111725 |
ReleaseDate | 2016-03-21 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780811225151 |