{"product_id":"severina-rodrigo-rey-rosa-9780300196092","title":"Severina","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of the Guatemalan author whom Roberto Bolaño called \"the most rigorous writer of my generation, the most transparent . . . the most luminous of all\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eSeverina\u003c\/i\u003e is impeccably written. . . . Read this great novel.\"--Luis Alonso Girgado, \u003ci\u003eEl Ideal Gallego\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Right from the start I picked her for a thief, although that day she didn't take anything. . . . I knew she'd be back,\" the narrator\/bookseller of \u003ci\u003eSeverina\u003c\/i\u003e recalls in this novel's opening pages. Imagine a dark-haired book thief as alluring as she is dangerous. Imagine the mesmerized bookseller secretly tracking the volumes she steals, hoping for insight into her character, her motives, her love life. In Rodrigo Rey Rosa's hands, this tale of obsessive love is told with breathless precision. The bookstore owner is soon entangled in Severina's mystery: seductive and peripatetic, of uncertain nationality, she steals books to actually read them and to share with her purported grandfather, Señor Blanco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this unsettling exploration of the alienating and simultaneously liberating power of love, the bookseller's monotonous existence is rocked by the enigmatic Severina. As in a dream, the disoriented man finds that the thin border between rational and irrational is no longer reliable. \u003ci\u003eSeverina\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Rey Rosa's privileged place in contemporary world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodrigo Rey Rosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300196091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300196092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.71h x 5.11w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 99","brand":"Rodrigo Rey Rosa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47072005095679,"sku":"9780300196092","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc058d4d-d23e-45e0-a551-c4194d446888.jpg?v=1753415532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/severina-rodrigo-rey-rosa-9780300196092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}