num_pages: 122
description: The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising master storyteller Like those of Kafka Poe Leonora Carrington or Shirley Jackson Amparo Dvilas stories are terrifying mesmerizing and expertly craftedyoull finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight Dvila 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 loneliness sinks in easily like a razor-sharp knife some sort of evil lurks in every shadow delusion takes the form of strange and very real creatures. After reading The Houseguest Dvilas debut collection in Englishyoull wonder how this secret was kept for so long.
language: English
title: The Houseguest and Other Stories
publisher: New Directions