The Scale of Maps

Sergio Prim is a staid, middle-aged geographer. The romantic advances of Brezo Varela, a lively young woman who shares his profession, induce a series of terrifying hallucinations from which he attempts to seek refuge by immersing himself in the quest to map a place in which love never results in disillusionment. A lyrical examination of language, imagination and desire.

Bel n Gopegui burst onto the Spanish literary scene in 1993, bowling over critics with her masterful debut La escala de los mapas (The Scale of Maps), which was hailed as a masterpiece. This is her first work translated into English.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 01/04/2011
ISBN: 9780872865105
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/20/2010