Severina
By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa ; translated by Chris Andrews
Contributors: Andrews, Chris, 1962- translator
Series: A Margellos world republic of letters book; Margellos world republic of letters book
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
ISBN-13: 9780300196092
Subjects: Fiction; Guatemalan fiction; Thieves; Booksellers and bookselling; Bookstores
Work titles: Severina
Description: The monotonous life of a male bookseller is shaken by a consummate female book thief named Severina. As though in an obsessive dream with blurred lines between the rational and irrational, the bookseller delves deeper and deeper into the mysterious circumstances that surround this woman and her relationship with her mentor whom she introduces as her grandfather. The seller hopes that somehow a list of the books she steals will help him to understand the enigma of her life.
Notes: "Originally published in Spanish as Severina, copyright © 2011, Rodrigo Rey Rosa."