Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times
jeopardizing both their blossoming attraction and Julia's relationship with her family
photographs on practically every page
As he recounts a life spent studying
The Houseguest : And Other Stories - Amparo Davila Crime Set amid the most turbulentLike those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dvila's stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted you'll 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 everyday: loneliness sinks in easily like a razor sharp knife, some