Publisher Review

"A searing, twisted feast." -Laura Fernandez "Lucia Lijtmaer is a powerful voice." -Enrique Vila-Matas , author of DUBLINESQUE "Lucia Lijtmaer constructs a story that is not only moving and imaginative but also indispensable." -Agustin Fernandez Mallo , author of NOCILLA TRILOGY "Lijtmaer's most ambitious novel since she began her literary career." -Infobae "A display of talent and skill. A novel that signals, wounds, accompanies and unsettles." -El Pais "In spite of its swift prose and constant play with black humour and an occasionally brutal mordacity, [the book] overflows with the complexity typical of one of the most perceptive socio-cultural analysts on the contemporary intellectual scene." -Contrapunto "The novel works like the surgical instrument that gives it its name: it is able to open the flesh and make a wound, and then cauterise it, causing a burning that heals as it vanishes." -eldiario.es "Masterful." -Clarin "The intelligent construction and well-crafted prose makes this a captivating story." -Diario Cine y Literatura CL