The Taiga Syndrome

Fairy tale meets detective drama in this David Lynchûlike novel by a writer Jonathan Lethem calls ôone of Mexico's greatest . . . we are just barely beginning to catch up to what she has to offer.ö A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple who has fled to the far reaches of the earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her downùthat she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation betrays both sense and oneÆs senses. Tales of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-DetectiveÆs quest into a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of Capitalismùaccumulation and expulsion, corruption and crueltyùthough the lessons of her journey are more experiential than moral: that just as love can fly away, sometimes unloving flies away as well. That sometimes leaving everything behind is the only thing left to do.

Author: Cristina Rivera Garza

Publisher: Dorothy, A Publishing Project

Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018

Number of Pages: 128 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Fiction

ISBN-10: 0997366672

ISBN-13: 9780997366679