Cobra

by Severo Sarduy

The late Severo Sarduy was one of the most outrageous and baroque of the Latin American Boom writers of the sixties and seventies, and Cobra was his finest creation.

Originally published in 1972, Cobra recounts the tale of its eponymous heroine, queen of the Lyrical Theater of Dolls, whose obsession is to transform her body. She is assisted in her metamorphosis by the Madam and Pup, Cobra's dwarfish double. They, too,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628975806
• ISBN13: 9781628975802
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 226 Pages