THE CAF¸ OF MIRRORS

by Giuliana Morandini ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 1997

In this claustrophobically intense novel (pub. 1983) by a prize-winning Italian writer, a Yugoslavian woman, Katharina Pollaczek, returns to the seaport border city where she was born to seek custody of her young son. She stumbles onto a murder, and is otherwise traumatized and transformed by her immersion in an embattled culture whose political and social divisions ""mirror,"" as it were, her own fragmented psyche. A potent portrayal of rootlessness, in which sensory detail, supporting imagery, and strong characterization are expertly braided together.

Pub Date: Aug. 1, 1997

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 160

Publisher: Univ. of Exeter--dist. by Northwestern Univ.

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 1997

Categories: FICTION