The Remains

by Margo Glantz

Book Overview

After her ex-husband dies unexpectedly, Nora Garc a travels to the funeral, back to a Mexican village from her past and the art and music of their life together.

The way you hold a cello, the way light lands on a Caravaggio, the way the castrati hit notes like no one else could--a lifetime of conversations about art and music and history unfolds for Nora Garc a as she and a crowd of friends and fans send off her recently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913867471
• ISBN13: 9781913867478
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Charco Press
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

'Inventive, cerebral book': 'faultlessly lyrical translation'

It's so difficult to describe what Glantz manages to do in this book, that my heading borrows two key phrases from the editorial reviews. I see from the number of used copies available at the time of writing that a number of readers might not have enjoyed the challenge it presents, and I, who normally have short patience, could understand this: but it's WORTH the occasional cerebral travail! And, reading a translation by Andrew Hurley is like receiving a wondrous gift -- I've recently read another of his, The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte which is quite a different sort of novel, and can think of no better way to really experience the verve of the original language, nor the subtleties of Ibero-american cultures, than to seek out works that he's so deftly and generously presented to readers of English.