The Good Cripple

This muscular, starkly impressive novel from Guatemala's premiere young wri ter fiercely addresses the seemingly endless violence of Latin America. A y oung man, Juan Luis Luna, is kidnapped in Guatemala City and held at the bo ttom of a rusty, empty underground fuel tank in an abandoned gas station. T he kidnappers demand a ransom; his rich father does not reply. The kidnappe rs threaten to cut off his son's foot and still hear nothing. They then sli ce off one of Juan Luis's toes and send it to his father, who still refuses to act. So the next day. The Good Cripple obsessively focused, chilling, allegorical is stunningly explosive. With its enigmatic beginning, however , and its circular relentless structure, the novel is also dense with ideas : can one be whole after mutilation Can the injured transcend violence Ro drigo Rey Rosa's style is of a lithe pristine clarity, but beneath that cal m surface cruelty, revenge, and diffidence churn darkly away. The Good Crip ple is an astonishingly intense book, and as unforgettable as the sight of "the place where the foot had been severed, where a circle of red flesh, no w a little black along the edges, could be seen, with a concentric circle o f white bone that was both milky and glassy."

Product Info

ISBN: 0811215660

ISBN-13: 9780811215664

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Co

Year: 2005

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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