by Álvaro Mutis · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806143336
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«Ilona arriva con la pioggia» is the novel by Álvaro Mutis, published by Einaudi in paperback (150 pages, in Italian).
Maqroll el Gaviero, a recurring character in Álvaro Mutis, is stranded in Panama when his ship is held for debts. There he reunites with Ilona Grabowska, a friend from the past, and together they embark on an unconventional business in a tropical setting of constant rain, where friendship, fate and fatality intersect.
Second instalment of the Maqroll el Gaviero cycle; the work was originally published in Spanish as «Ilona llega con la lluvia».
For readers interested in Latin American narrative and the Maqroll el Gaviero cycle.
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He won the 1991 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He was awarded the 2001 Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the 2002 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
