For a very long time, women have sought comfort in the darkness when their own lives were full of quiet despair. Davila radiates an interesting sense of unease and calamity. "Davila is a marvel, and this book casts a delightful and disconcerting spell." - Juan Vidal - Los Angeles Times "For the first time, we finally have a collection of her stories translated into English and they're as good as, as uncanny and mesmerizing as, some of the best work by Kafka or Poe." - Literary Hub "Like Poe for the new millennium." - Kirkus I cannot believe that this is the first that I am experiencing Davila in English." - Nick Buzanski - Book Culture Amparo Davila's prose, her psychological awareness, and the beauty of her characters' misery is encompassing. "The Houseguest will make you paranoid you will second guess every shadow and slight movement that catches your eye.
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