by Laura Restrepo · Sijthoff · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789024557035
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«Delirium» is the novel by Laura Restrepo, published by Sijthoff in paperback (319 pages, in Dutch).
Set in Colombia, it tells how Aguilar, a businessman, returns home and finds his wife Agustina lost in a delirium. As he investigates the causes of that delirium, he delves into her past and a web of family secrets linked to drug trafficking. Madness, love and the search for truth intertwine in this work of literary fiction.
The original work, «Delirio», was published in 2004 and won the Alfaguara Novel Prize; this edition is its Dutch translation.
For readers of contemporary Latin American literature and literary fiction, as well as for reading groups.
Laura Restrepo is a Colombian author who began writing what were mainly political columns in her mid-twenties. Her first novel, Isle of Passion, is based on historical deeds that occurred on Clipperton Island.
