| Description |
207 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
“[From the Shadows is] about alienation, loneliness, voyeurism, and the power of fantasy to transform claustrophobic, humdrum lives. Written by one of Spain’s most original and important authors and set in contemporary Madrid . . . [it is an] allegory that turns middle-class comfort into a desert island.” ―Public Books “The narrative of Juan José Millás, our literary Buster Keaton, is inimitable and unique.” ―La Vanguardia Laid off from his job, Damián Lobo obsessively imagines himself as a celebrity being interviewed on TV. After committing an act of petty theft at an antiques market, he finds himself trapped inside a wardrobe and delivered to the seemingly idyllic home of a husband, wife, and their internet-addicted teenage daughter. There, he sneaks from the shadows to serve as an invisible butler, becoming deeply and disastrously involved with his unknowing host family. Every thread of the plot is ingeniously tied together, creating a potent admixture of parable, love story, and thriller. Millás masterfully reveals the everyday as innately surreal as he renders the unbelievable tangible and the trivial fantastical, and full of dark humor. |
| Subject |
Families -- Fiction.
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Absurdist -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Bunstead, Thomas, translator.
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Hahn, Daniel, translator.
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| Added Title |
Desde la sombra. English.
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| ISBN |
9781942658665 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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