The house guest book amparo7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Read my full review of this fantastic book here. As the days go on her horror slowly increases, as it becomes less and less clear whether this guest is a man or something else. When she brings this up with her husband, he ignores her concern and demands that she show this guest every respect due. The lady of the house is horrified when her husband invites a guest to stay with them, a guest who terrifies her and the women and children of her household. The titular story, “The Houseguest,” is one of the author’s best known and well-love stories. Translated by Matthew Gleeson and Audrey Harris, the language presented in Dávila’s collection of stories has a subdued beauty that calls forth underlying tensions and terrors of daily life. Now for the first time, her work appears in English translation through the publication of The Houseguest and Other Stories in mid-2018 - which I had to pick up as soon as I was aware of its existence. ![]() ![]() Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila’s stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly craftedyou’ll finish each one. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Amparo Dávila is a beloved figure in Mexican horror, writing horror stories in Spanish since the 1950s. Buy the Paperback Book The Houseguest: And Other Stories by Amparo Davila at Indigo.ca, Canadas largest bookstore. ![]()
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