Summary
Rodrigo Rey Rosa: Severina
Love madness. This is how the author himself describes this short novel in which the boring life of a bookstore is shaken by the intrusion of a skilled book thief. When he discovers that a mysterious stranger is stealing the most valuable books in the bookstore, he sets out on a quest to explain the strange events. The titles of the stolen books become the clues he follows, but they lead him into Severina's complicated, unconventional life, into a love delirium on the border of sleep. Rodrigo Rey Rosa has created an exciting novel about alienation and the liberating power of love, confirming his privileged position in contemporary Latin American literature.
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