by Álvaro Mutis · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806231194
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«Ilona arriva con la pioggia» is the novel by Álvaro Mutis published by Einaudi in paperback (159 pages, in Italian).
The narrative follows Maqroll, the Gaviero, at the end of a journey: his ship is held by the banks in Panama and he is left disoriented on dry land. There Ilona Grabowska appears, with whom he sets up a brothel; in that crossing of lives, stories, delusions, dreams and the unsettling Larissa mix.
Second installment of the Maqroll the Gaviero series. This Italian edition, published by Einaudi in 2016, belongs to the ET Scrittori collection; the original in Spanish is «Ilona llega con la lluvia» (1988).
For readers of contemporary fiction and Latin American literature, as well as for those wishing to discover the narrative of Álvaro Mutis.
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He won the 1991 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He was awarded the 2001 Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the 2002 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
