Saga

by Carlos E. Rubio

A broken air-conditioner, warm beer, demented firemen and a mysterious letter. These are the starting points of Saga, a novel in which the reader is swept into an obsessive search for a woman. Her ever-changing form leads the protagonist into a surrealistic labyrinth of desire, and eventually into a hallucinating succession of images, where reality fades to become yet another distorted reflection of itself.

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

A native of Cuba, Carlos Rubio came to the United States in 1961 and finished high school in Wilmington, Delaware. His first short story was published while attending Concord College, in Athens, WV. A bilingual novelist, in Spanish he has writeen Caleidoscopio, Saga, Orisha and Hubris. In 1989 his novel Quadrivium received the Nuevo León International Prize for Novels. In English he is the author of Orpheus’ Blues, Secret Memories and American Triptych, a trilogy of satirical novels. In 2004 his novel Dead Time received Foreword’s Magazine Book of the Year Award. His latest novel is entitled Forgotten Objects.