LOS DESEOS Y SU SOMBRA

by Ana Clavel

Soledad goes to Chapultepec Castle to contemplate Mexico City and the possibility of her own suicide, but as she considers taking her own life, she explores the magic of the city and comes face to face with its history.

Genres: Fiction

312 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Patrick Jamieson]

I was captivated by this story of Lucía Soledad García Maldonado, a young art student and photographer, seeking her place in México City. Set in the mid-1980s, the novel is neither bound nor defined by those times. It radiates with the mythology and the magic, the people, events and realities that made and make México--both the Federal District and the country--unique.

During my own young-adulthood, I lived and studied in México. Similar experience is by no means a prerequisite for appreciating this book, but it does allow me to attest to the author's honesty in relating this moving tale. I thank her for taking me back there, and I look forward to reading more of her novels and stories.