Iosi Havilio es un escritor y guionista argentino cuya obra literaria explora a menudo los retratos psicológicos de los personajes, indagando en temas como la identidad y el exilio. Havilio se distingue por su refinado sentido estilístico y su habilidad para crear narrativas atmosféricas que ofrecen a los lectores una perspectiva única sobre la condición humana.
When her partner disappears, a young woman drifts towards Open Door, a small town in the Argentinean Pampas named after its psychiatric hospital. She finds herself living with an ageing ranch-hand, although a local girl also proves irresistible. This evocative book makes a quiet case for the possibility of finding contentment in unexpected places.
When José's fireworks factory job ends explosively, his wife Laura returns to work. Recovering from his initial depression, he makes friends with his jazz- loving neighbor. But José uncovers a gruesome talent, and life, death and resurrection converge. Through one single, hypnotic paragraph, Havilio harnesses the unpredictability of Aira and the mysticism of Tolstoy in this discordant riff on suburban life.
A young mother learns to survive among the snakes, sleaze, and slums of Buenos Aires.