The Red of His Shadow: A Novel - Rilegato

" An astonishing work of the imagination." (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

"A major writer of the contemporary, post-Boom generation in Latin America .Startling imagery and hypnotizing storytelling." (Publishers Weekly)

Transfixing ... Montero's unromantic vision and crisp pace strike a harmonious balance with the lushness of the background detail." (New York Times Book Review)

"A powerful and important book . . . [and] an astonishing work of the immagination." (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

"A work of enormous beauty, violence, and unsentimental grace.Montero writes with fire and acid." (Boston Globe)

"A novel, rich in metaphor and allusion, that will leave most readers breathless at its final curtain drops." (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

"A dazzling, original fugue on love and extinction." (The New Yorker)

Book by Mayra Montero