Thursday Night Widows
An agile novel written in a language perfectly pitched for the subject matter, a ruthless dissection of a fast decaying society--Jos Saramago, Nobel Prize winnerThe English translation of hit novel…
Specifikacia Thursday Night Widows
An agile novel written in a language perfectly pitched for the subject matter, a ruthless dissection of a fast decaying society--Jos Saramago, Nobel Prize winnerThe English translation of hit novel Las Viudas de Los Jueves "Pi eiro's clever U.S. debut.. . illuminates the hypocrisies of the country's upper classes after 9/11."--Publishers Weekly "Pi eiro is particularly skilful at exposing the social forces undermining Argentine society, and the fragility of personal relationships. We learn the surprising truth of the three men's death in the final chapter; the build-up to it is riveting."--The Times (London)Pi eiro builds up tension through banal, domestic details and the accretion of despair in everyday marital and professional struggles. There may be bloody murder at the centre of this novel, but the dystopia portrayed