by Mario Fortunato · Lengua de Trapo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788489618572
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«El arte de perder peso» is the mystery novel by Mario Fortunato, published by Lengua de Trapo in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
A group of tourists on the Mediterranean island of Djeba sees its vacation disrupted by a crime investigated by the police. Alternating third person, letters, diary, interrogations and recipes, it portrays characters such as Myriam, who struggles with bulimia. The title becomes a metaphor for life and its flow towards death.
Translated from the Italian by Carlos Gumpert. First edition published in 2001 in the Otras Lenguas collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction and crime novels, especially those interested in translated Italian narrative.
