Description
A professor of semiotics and a practicing psychologist in Barcelona lives a double life, slipping into disguise to visit a prostitute in the early hours on Mondays and Thursdays. What begins as a private ritual of observation and care spirals into a careening investigation of desire, identity, and the stories people tell themselves—especially when the possibility of Clara’s death casts a shadow over every encounter. Woven through the plot are sharp reflections on love and obsession, where language, signs, and interpretation become tools for both connection and control. With Luisa Valenzuela’s distinctive blend of psychological insight and literary play, the novel turns searching into a metaphor for how we return home—to ourselves, to our myths, and to the questions we can’t stop asking.
Available Editions
paperback
Dalkey Archive Press
Published Jan 1, 1977
134 pages
ISBN: 9780916583200
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First Published
1977
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
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