Clara
By Luisa ValenzuelaTranslated by Andrea Labinger
ISBN: 1-891270-09-5
Price: $16.00
Pages: 160
Clara is a free spirited young woman, a prostitute in Buenos Aires. She is full of vague plans and dreams, and tries to shield herself from an ominous world. Clara is brought to life by Latin American master novelist Luisa Valenzuela, who has created her as a flesh-and-blood character. Clara, answering to her own laws, reacts with inner strength and autonomy. And she may even save herself from certain death.
"Valenzuela's reputation as one of Latin American's foremost authors will be enhanced by the U.S. publication of her latest novel."
--Booklist
"This crisp translation
of the first major novel of Argentine writer Valenzuela,
published in 1966 in Spanish, and in an English edition (now
out of print) by Harcourt in 1976, is raw, sensuous and
stylish as a tango...A writer renown for her lyrical,
expressionistic exploration of male-dominated Argentine
society, Valenzuela here chronicles the bizarre, brutal
existence of characters on the fringes, building to a
hair-raising climax."
--Publisher's Weekly