by Laura Restrepo · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099515951
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«Delirium» is the novel by Laura Restrepo, published by Vintage in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Aguilar, an unemployed literature professor, returns from a trip and finds his wife Agustina driven mad. Investigating her past, he uncovers secrets of money, power, and corruption in 1980s Colombia. Memory, love, and the fragility of sanity intertwine with Agustina's memories and an old lover who was a drug trafficker.
The English edition, published by Vintage in 2008, translates the original Spanish novel Delirio (2004), winner of the Alfaguara Novel Prize and the Grinzane Cavour Prize.
An option for book clubs and readers of literary fiction interested in contemporary Latin American narrative.
Laura Restrepo is a Colombian author who began writing what were mainly political columns in her mid-twenties. Her first novel, Isle of Passion, is based on historical deeds that occurred on Clipperton Island.
