Carnality

by Lina Wolff

Book Overview

In this latest novel from the award-winning author of The Polyglot Lovers , a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground society. Awarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish writer flies to Madrid, where in a bar she meets a man with an extraordinary story to tell. In exchange for somewhere to sleep and to hide out for a few days, he is willing to tell her the whole astonishing tale. What follows is an account of fantastic proportions and ingredients- the existence of a shadowy Internet TV show with a certain morality clause, a threat to the storyteller's life, a diabolical nun, and the story of a girl with a missing left thumb. The tale is also the precursor to a meeting between the writer and the infernal miracle worker, Lucia-a meeting that ultimately forces the writer to make a fateful decision about her own inner essence. Carnality is a novel about the universal need for spirituality and truth-not to mention a good story-set in the seemingly unspiritual grimy underbelly of society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635420741
• ISBN13: 9781635420746
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"