In the vein of the writings of Paul Bowles, Paul Theroux, and V. S. Naipaul, The African Shore marks a major new installment in the genre of dystopic travel fiction. Rodrigo Rey Rosa, prominent in today's Guatemalan literary world and an author of growing international reputation, presents a tale of[...]

In this unsettling work about the alienating and at the same time liberating power of love, the monotonous existence of a book seller is rocked by the appearance of a consummate book thief who hopes to solve the enigma of her life through the stolen works. As in an obsessive dream where the limits b[...]

Rodrigo Rey Rosa draws us into a universe that transcends the borders of Guatemala because, in the words of the author, "the whole world is a violent place." In these four crime novels written between 1995 and 2006, Que me maten si, El cojo bueno, Piedras encantadas y Caballeriza, he also shows his [...]

Joaquín återvänder till Guatemala efter flera år i utlandet. Han tillhör den priviligierade överklassen och har svårt att förlika sig med tanken på att återigen befinna sig i ett land så präglat av misär. När hans bäste vän, Armando, är på väg hem till honom för att leverera mari[...]