Return to the Dark Valley
By: Santiago Gamboa ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis
Contributors: Curtis, Howard, translator
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9781609454258
Subjects: Women poets; Revenge; Fiction
Work titles: Volver al oscuro valle
Description: "Manuela Beltrán, a poet haunted by a troubled childhood, is bent on revenge for the wrongs she suffered at the hands of her mother's lover. Her vendetta will draw together a cast of enigmatic characters, the inhabitants of Gamboa's 'dark valley.' There is Tertullian, an Argentine who claims to be the Pope's son, ready to consort to extreme methods to create a harmonious society. There is Ferdinand Palacios, a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past now confronted with his guilt. Then there are Juana and 'the consul,' united in a complex relationship based on desire, need, and pain. Finally, there's Arthur Rimbaud, the precocious, brilliant poet whose dramatic life story plays a central role in this kaleidoscopic tale." -- Taken from inner cover.
Table of contents: title: Part I - Theory of suffering bodies (or Figures emerging from the wreckage) --; title: Part II - Heading for the 5th Parallel (or the Republic of Goodness) --; title: Epilogue (Returning where Rimbaud wanted to return).