Seeing Red

Lina Meruane — 2017

Winner of the Premio Valle Inclán (Spanish Translation) 2019 - Awarded by The Society of Authors Winner of the prestigious Mexican Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize 2018 'A scorching examination of how being utterly dependent on someone - even someone you love - can make you a monster' -- Literary Hub, Translated Books by Women You Need to Read Lucina, a young Chilean writer, has moved to New York to pursue an academic career. While at a party one night, something that her doctors had long warned might happen finally occurs: her eyes haemorrhage. Within minutes, blood floods her vision, reducing her sight to sketched outlines and tones of grey, rendering her all but blind. As she begins to adjust to a very different life, those who love her begin to adjust to a very different woman - one who is angry, raw, funny, sinister, sexual and dizzyingly alive.

Reviews

Eli Alvah Huckabee@elijah

May 22, 2024

Autofiction AND translated by Megan McDowell??! This was completely unintentional and has consisted of a lot of great reads. I think I have a favorite translator, something I never thought I’d say.

But the book. The book! The airplane scene sent me, and the ensuing incidents as well. This might be a top top, I would have to reread it with a bowl full of peeled grapes or something next time to know for sure. Inventive language, the saddest most pathetic people in the world, and an angry, confused, (un?)lovable narrator. Jesus, I want to own this book and write on all the pages…

nina@oldbint

May 30, 2022

giving this book four stars feels like lying but giving it three stars also feels like lying. i could see myself in this book but i don't think it'll leave a long-lasting impression on me.

Deepika Ramesh@theboookdog

Jan 25, 2024

cieara@cmkm

Jul 21, 2022