Amparo Dávila's prose, her psychological awareness, and the beauty of her characters' misery is encompassing. The Houseguest will make you paranoid you will second guess every shadow and slight movement that catches your eye. There is no one like her, no one with that introspection and complexity.-Elena Poniatowskaįilled with nightmarish imagery and creeping dread, Dávila's stories plunge into the nature of fear: Terrifying.- ()įor the first time, we finally have a collection of her stories translated into English and they're as good as, as uncanny and mesmerizing as, some of the best work by Kafka or Poe.-16 Books You Should Read This November The work of Amparo Dávila is unique in Mexican literature. Her writing is intentionally opaque and allows readers to draw a number of different interpretations it is this intriguing, elusive quality that has perhaps led to her enduring popularity in Mexico. Dávila has said in interviews that one of her favorite subjects is the mysterious, the unknown, that which is not within our grasp.
Like a dream, Dávila's fictional realm is filled with signs and symbols, with hybrid creatures who appear to defy the laws of nature, and with characters who do not act according to logic or reason.
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