The Houseguest: And Other Stories
- 122 pages
- 5 hours of reading
The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller
Amparo Dávila is a Mexican author renowned for her unsettling works that frequently explore themes of insanity, danger, and death. Her protagonists, typically female, often grapple with psychological disturbances, sometimes erupting into violence, yet frequently remain trapped by their mental struggles and actions. Dávila masterfully employs time as a potent symbol of the unchangeable, and her prose is imbued with a sense of fear that echoes her own childhood experiences. Her writing is characterized by a profound exploration of the fragility of the human psyche and the inescapable nature of internal turmoil.



The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller