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Author:
Saavedra, Carola, 1973- author.
Title:
Blue flowers / Carola Saavedra ; translated by Daniel Hahn.
Publisher:
Riverhead books,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
208 pages ; 20 cm
Subject:
Letter writing--Fiction.
Letters--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Other Authors:
Hahn, Daniel, translator.
Other Titles:
Flores azuis. English.
Notes:
Originally published in Portuguese in 2008 by Companhia das Letras, Brazil, as "Flores azuis"
Summary:
"Marcos has just been through a divorce and moved into a new apartment. He feels alienated from his ex-wife, from his daughter, from society; everything feels flat and fake to him. He begins to receive letters at his new address from an anonymous troubled woman who signs off as A. and who clearly believes she is writing to the former tenant, her ex-lover, in the aftermath of a violent heartbreak. Marcos falls under the spell of the manic, hypnotic missives and for the first time in years, something moves him. Blue Flowers alternates between the letters detailing the dissolution of A.'s relationship, and Marcos' growing fixation with this damaged person. The letters become a kind of exorcism as both A.'s epistolary affair and Marcos' personal life reach a crisis point. Possessed by A., he is driven to discover her true identity. Blue Flowers is a dark portrait of desire, undermining accepted truths about love and sex, violence and fear, men and women." -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0593187601
9780593187609
1594631751
9781594631757
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1096236243
LCCN:
2019013028
Locations:
WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

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