La alucinante atmósfera de este libro, sumada a su virulencia, convierten Habitaciones exiguas en una metáfora de la desesperanza, de la capacidad de autodestrucción del ser humano, de la soledad y la amargura.
Alma y Boyd Mason son hermanos. Viven juntos desde que la mujer de éste murió. Alma es una maestra jubilada, no se ha casado nunca, ahora tiene una tienda de regalos que no consigue agotar sus energías. Su pueblo, Rainbow Center, es...
Garnet Montrose returns home from Vietnam to small-town Virginia with injuries so terrible that people become ill at the sight of him. Seeking assistance and companionship in his isolation, Garnet hires two young male caretakers, Quintus and Daventry....
Hailed as "a creative genius" (TLS) and "a singular American visionary" (New York Times ), James Purdy may be best known for his remarkable novels, but he was also an astonishing playwright who wrote nine full-length and twenty short...