The Abyss by Vallejo, Fernando
The Abyss by Vallejo, Fernando

The Abyss

Winner of the Rómulo Gallego Prize, The Abyss is a caustic masterwork of incredible power and force,...
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Author: Fernando Vallejo
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Language: English
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The Abyss by Vallejo, Fernando

The Abyss

$188.31
The Abyss by Vallejo, Fernando

The Abyss

$188.31
Author: Fernando Vallejo
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Winner of the Rómulo Gallego Prize, The Abyss is a caustic masterwork of incredible power and force, an unforgettable autobiographical work of queer fiction. The novel tells about the demise of a crumbling house in Medellín, Colombia. Fernando, a writer, visits his brother Darío, who is dying of AIDS. Recounting their wild philandering and trying to come to terms with his beloved brother's inevitable death, Fernando rants against the political forces that cause so much suffering. Vallejo is the heir to Céline, Thomas Paine, and Machado de Assis. He hurls vitriolic, savagely funny insults at his country ("I wipe my ass with the new Constitution of Colombia") and at his mother ("the Crazy Bitch") who has given birth to him and his many siblings. Within this firestorm of pain, Fernando manages to get across much beauty and truth: that all love is painful and washed in pure sorrow. He loves his sick brother and the family's Santa Anita farm (the lost paradise of his childhood where azaleas bloomed); and he even loves his country, now torn to shreds. Always, in this savage masterpiece about loss--as if in the eye of Vallejo's hurricane of talent--we are in the curiously comforting workings of memory and of the writing process itself, as, recollecting time, it offers immortality.



Author: Fernando Vallejo
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 06/25/2024
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780811238519


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/22/2024
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