Myth of Pterygium by Morrison, Diego Gerard

Myth of Pterygium

The story of a failed poet struggling with vision loss, personal crises, and what it means to...
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Author: Diego Gerard Morrison
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Myth of Pterygium by Morrison, Diego Gerard

Myth of Pterygium

€24,08

Myth of Pterygium

€24,08
Author: Diego Gerard Morrison
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The story of a failed poet struggling with vision loss, personal crises, and what it means to be an arms dealer in a quasi-dystopian Mexico City.

This debut novel is set in a vaguely dystopian, yet also realistic, Mexico City--endless traffic jams, relentless clouds of pollution, economic hardships, and the ever-present threat of drug cartels. The unnamed narrator of the novel, at times referred to as Arthur--in part because of the growing similarity of his life with Arthur Rimbaud's--struggles with the dissonance of leading an artistic life while providing for his family. A failed, penniless poet with a child on the way, he is forced to take a job in his family's weapons dealing enterprise, which he soon discovers is connected to the corrupt Mexican armed forces and drug cartels, who are responsible for the increasing death toll in the country. All the while, the narrator struggles with a growing condition in his right eye, a pterygium, that is slowly taking over his vision, blurring the events of his life, including his wife's complicated pregnancy, extortions by the drug cartels, and his own relationship to his writing. As the narrator gradually finds his life spiraling out of control, the novel moves quickly to a startling conclusion.

Myth of Pterygium is the winner of the 2021 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize in Fiction, selected by Maryse Meijer.



Author: Diego Gerard Morrison
Publisher: Autumn House Press
Published: 03/22/2022
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781637680292


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2022

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